Minute 037: Get Ready for a Little Jolt, Fellas

The Command Module’s DSKY reports the ship is Program 11, Verb 16, Noun 62, reporting lines +00062, +00152, and +00032. “Velocity, right on the line,” says Swigert, looking at the instrument panel’s eight-ball. “Roll complete!” says Lovell, “We are pitching!” “Thirteen,” says the CAPCOM, “Stand by for Mode One Bravo.” Flames expand at the base of the Saturn V as the atmosphere gets thinner. In Mission Control,  Kranz asks, “FIDO, how are we looking?” FIDO responds, “Looks good, Flight. Right down the middle.” Above Swigert’s head, the hatch window shows a sky darkening and filling with stars. “Roger!” says Lovell. “EDS to Manual, inboard.”  He says to the crew, “Get ready for a little jolt, fellas!” The ullage motors of the S-I fire, before jettisoning the first stage. The crew is throw violently against their seat straps. The S-I stage falls away, followed by the interstage. The S-II engines ignite. Lovell jettisons the Launch Escape System manually. Fred Haise suddenly gets a view of the outside as the Boost Protective Cover is jettisoned. “Tower jett!” reports Lovell. IN THIS MINUTE: Jim Lovell: Tom Hanks Jack Swigert: Kevin Bacon Fred Haise: Bill Paxton Gene Kranz: Ed Harris FIDO White Team Jerry Bostick: Ray McKinnon CAPCOM: Brett Cullen