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Ken Mattingly orbited the moon as command module pilot of Apollo 16 and flew the space shuttle, having never gotten the measles.

9 seconds sound clip from the Apollo 13 movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 02:13:03 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- It was a minor defect that occurred two years before I was even named the flight's commander.

- Fred Haise was going back to the moon on Apollo 18, but his mission was canceled because of budget cuts.

- He never flew in space again.

- Nor did Jack Swigert, who left the astronaut corps and was elected to Congress from the state of Colorado.

- But he died of cancer before he was able to take office.

- Ken Mattingly orbited the moon as command module pilot of Apollo 16 and flew the space shuttle, having never gotten the measles.

- Gene Kranz retired as Director of Flight Operations just not long ago.

- And many other members of Mission Control have gone on to other things, but some are still there.

- And as for me, the seven extraordinary days of Apollo 13 were my last in space.

- I watched other men walk on the moon and return safely, all from the confines of Mission Control and our house in Houston.

- I sometimes catch myself looking up at the moon, remembering the changes of fortune in our long voyage, thinking of the thousands of people who worked to bring the three of us home.

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Apollo 13 Sound Clip

Apollo 13 poster

Voice quotes and sound clips from the movie Apollo 13 (1995). All waveform samples are in .wav and .mp3 format.

Actors: Tom Hanks (Jim Lovell), Bill Paxton (Fred Haise), Kevin Bacon (Jack Swigert), Gary Sinise (Ken Mattingly), Ed Harris (Gene Kranz)

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