Who uttered the phrase “Houston we have a problem”?”
“Houston, we have a problem” was the alleged statement made from Apollo 13 to Houston space command in April 1970. The actual statement differs slightly from that. Apollo 13 successfully returned to earth, despite the problem. The film Apollo 13 (1995) by director Ron Howard starred Tom Hanks. The phrase is still used if there’s any problem in the city of Houston, or with its sports teams. From the Apollo 13 Air-To-Ground Technical Voice Transcription, found at http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html, p. 160: SWIGERT (LMP): Okay, Houston– LOVELL (CDR): I believe we’ve had a problem here. CAPCOM (CC): This is Houston. Say again, please. LOVELL: Houston, we’ve had a problem. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13 Apollo 13 was the third American manned lunar landing mission, part of the Apollo program. Two days after launch, the Apollo Spacecraft was cri
