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After an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 exploded, disabling the spacecraft's electrical and life-support systems, astronaut Jack Swigert reported: "Houston, we've had a problem here" (audio featured).
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American astronaut and politician (1931–1982)
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Houston, we have a problem
1970 quotation spoken on Apollo 13
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