Texas History Minute: 'Houston, we have a problem': Jim Lovell's trip to the moon

Texas History Minute: 'Houston, we have a problem': Jim Lovell's trip to the moon

By Ken Bridges Special to the Herald Democrat “Houston, we’ve had a problem,” were the words of Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell when an explosion crippled the spacecraft and threatened the lives of the crew. What started as a terror that threatened their lives and for days gripped the attention of the world became one of the great adventures of manned spaceflight, an event remembered as the nation mourns the passing of Lovell, who died at his hom…