Jim Lovell Quotes


Err Houston, we've had a problem. [pause] We've had a main B bus undervolt.


Citations

Lovell, Jim. Apollo 13 Spacecraft Operational Trajectory Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1970, p. 167.

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This is a common misquote of the statement by Apollo 13 Command Module pilot, Jack Swigert, “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”


Jim Lovell
Jim Lovell
  • Born: March 25, 1928
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Test Pilot

James Arthur Lovell Jr. is a retired American astronaut, naval aviator, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became one of the first three humans to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission which, after a critical failure en route, circled around the Moon and returned safely to Earth through the efforts of the crew and mission control.