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Apollo 13 is a 1995 American drama film directed by Ron Howard. The film stars Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Kathleen Quinlan and Ed Harris. The screenplay by William Broyles, Jr. and Al Reinert, that dramatizes the 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission, is an adaptation of the book Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by astronaut Jim Lovell (the story's protagonist) and Jeffrey Kluger. Howard went to great lengths to create a technically accurate movie, employing NASA's technical assistance in astronaut and flight controller training for his cast, and even obtaining permission to film scenes aboard a reduced gravity aircraft for realistic depiction of the "weightlessness" experienced by the astronauts in space.
Astronauts Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise are launched aboard Apollo 13 for America's third Moon landing mission. En route, an onboard explosion deprives their spacecraft of most of its oxygen supply and electric power, forcing NASA's flight controllers to abort the Moon landing, and turning the mission into a struggle to get the three men home safely.
Estuary girl you're not the one
You don't belong to the world that I'm from
Your lazy words blow like confetti in the wind, in the wind
Estuary girl you're not part of my scene
Your feet don't belong on my upholstery
And sometimes I sink when you call me on the phone
On the phone
But if you follow me, I will follow you to the unknown
Like Apollo, like Apollo we'll fly to the moon
Yes if you follow me, I will follow you to the unknown
Like Apollo, like Apollo 13 we'll explode
Sad as a song, a child of the streets,
Your skin don't belong on my designer sheets
In eyeliner you wrote me a note that I'll never read at all
Estuary girl
But if you follow me
I will follow you to the unknown
Like Apollo, like Apollo we'll fly to the moon
Yes if you follow me I will follow you to the unknown
Like Apollo, like Apollo 13 we'll explode
Yes if you follow me
I will follow you to the unknown
Like Apollo, like Apollo we'll sink like a stone
Yes if you follow me, I will follow you to the unknown
Like Apollo, like Apollo 13 we'll explode