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[ lNCO ] One minute and 30 seconds to end of blackout.
[ Cronkite ] No reentering ship has ever taken longer...
than three minutes to emerge from blackout.
This is the critical moment. Will the heat shield hold ?
Will the command module survive the intense heat of reentry ?
lf it doesn't, there'll only be silence.
- Mommy, you're squishing me. - Oops, sorry, sweetie.
[ Whispers ] lt's okay.
Okay, Flight, that's three minutes.
- We are standing by for acquisition. - Copy that.
[ Mattingly ] Odyssey, Houston. Do you read me ?
Odyssey, this is Houston. Do you read ?
[ Cronkite ] Expected time of reacquisition,
the time when the astronauts were expected to come out of blackout,
has come and gone.
About all any of us can do now is just listen and hope.
We're about to learn whether or not that heat shield,
which was damaged by the explosion three days ago,
has withstood the inferno of reentry.
Odyssey, this is Houston. Do you read me ?
Odyssey, Houston. Do you read ?
[ lNCO ] Three minutes, 30 seconds. Standing by.
[ Mattingly ] Odyssey, Houston. Do you read ?
Odyssey, this is Houston. Do you read me ?
That's four minutes. Standing by.
[ Mattingly ] Odyssey, uh, Houston. Do you read ?
[ Lovell ] Hello, Houston, this is Odyssey.
- lt's good to see you again. - [ Cheering ]