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"Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here" is a quote from the radio communications between the Apollo 13 astronaut Jack Swigert and the NASA Mission Control Center ("Houston" during the Apollo 13 spaceflight. This often misquoted phrase was said by Swigert after the discovery of an explosion that crippled their spacecraft. The statement was then repeated by commander of the flight Jim Lovell. Since then, the popular but erroneous phrase "Houston, we have a problem" has been used to account the emergence of an unforeseen problem.


Fact of the Day
Benjamin Franklin is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

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January 17, 1953
A prototype Chevrolet Corvette was introduced at General Motors’ Motorama auto show in New York.

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