many americans and it is a pleasure to be able to tell her story about her life and her flying career in this exhibition here at the national portrait gallery. so thank you so very much for joining us here at the museum today. the smithsonian national air and space museum is celebrating its 40th anniversary today. join us starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern when we ll be live from the museum taking your calls and questions about aviation and space history. that s today at 6:00 p.m. here on american history tv on c-span3. each week, american history tv s reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 45 years ago, on april 11th, 1970, apollo 13 blasted off in what was to be the third nasa mission to land men on the moon. next, a 1970 nasa documentary about the crisis which nearly left the three apollo 13 astronauts stranded in space. this little tape recorder has been a big benefit to us in passing the time in our transit to the moon,
theme from 2001. april 13, 1970, the moon could only be described as relaxed apollo 13, man s fifth lunar mission. the third scheduled to land on the moon continued its tranquil coast. it s a nice evening and we are going to close out on a pleasant evening. 13, we have got one more item for you when you have a chance. stir up your cry of tanks. ok. we re looking for compensation if you need it. ok, stand by. ok, we ve had a problem here. say that again, please? we ve had a main be interval. ok, standby we are looking at it. had a pretty large bang associated with the caution and warning. it spiked on us once before. we are starting to button up the tunnel again. april 11, 1970. launch day. jim lovell, commander in veteran of three previous missions had orbited the moon christmas, 1968 on apollo eight. fred hayes his first time up lunar module pilot. jack swaggart, command module pilot. three days ago he was on the backup crew. now he replaced ken matting
it s planning the theme from 2001. narrator: april 13, 19 70. the mood could only be described as relaxed. apollo 13, man s fifth lunar mission nasa s third scheduled , landing on the moon. continued its tranquil coast guard. we ve got one more item for you when you get a chance. ok, stand by. houston, we have a problem here. we ve had a problem. say it again. ok, stand by. we had a pretty large bang associated with this. we have a problem. ok, standby 13. we are looking at it. we have a warning there. as i recall, bb was the one that narrator: jim lovell had apollo had circled the moon on apollo eight. jack swaggart, command module pilot. three days ago, he was on the back of crew and now he replaced ken mattingly. he had been dropped from the mission because he had been exposed to german measles. he would watch the launch from mission control. auto sequence initiated. roger. its complete. roger. the poster has one complete and we are on inter
8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span s original series first ladies: influence and image examining the public and private lives of the women from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. and as a complement to the series c-span s new book first ladies on the lives of 45 iconic american women. it s available as a hard cover or an ebook through your favorite bookstore or online bookseller bookseller. each week american history tv s reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 45 years ago on april 11 1970 apollo 13 blasted off in what was to be the third nasa mission to land men on the moon. next, a 1970 nasa documentary about the crisis which nearly left the three apollo 13 astronauts stranded in space. this little tape recorder has been a big benefit to us in passing the time in our transit to the moon, and it s rather odd to see it floating like this in odyssey while it s playing the scene fr
leaving office. my decision is quite practical, so i got a phone call from my landlord. gerald turner. rather than raising the rent or threatening to hold our security deposit, i was relieved to hear president turner ask if i believed in free speech. [ laughter ] i said, yeah. he said, perfect, here s your chance to give one. as a proud member of the smu community, i am honored to be here truly honored to deliver the commencement address the. we ll have the entire speech by former president george w. with bush and other commencement addresses from colleges around the country starting saturday at noon eastern on c-span. this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on first ladies influence and image. we ll look into the personal lives of three first ladies, sarah polk, margaret taylor and abigail filmore. sarah polk had a very strong belief in politics and often helped her husband, james make political decision ss. margaret taylor was opposed to her husband s nomination for president