John Swigert, Jr. and James Lovell who, with Fred Haise Jr., made up the crew of the US's Apollo 13 moon flight, reported a problem back to their base in Houston on 14th April, 1970. An explosion happened at an advanced stage of the mission, wasting oxygen, power and control. “I always just assumed it was, ‘Houston, we have a problem,’” she said. Explores the myth of the secret multi-billion-dollar deal behind America's purchase of Yugoslavia's clandestine space program in the early 1960s. People even still utter the words to this day. Such is the power of film, Tom Hanks and simple language to catch on in the culture — right? For years, people thought mission commander Jim Lovell -- portrayed by Hanks -- said "Houston, we have a problem." Plot – Huston, we have a problem': these laconic words, spoken 205,000 miles from Earth left the NASA’s Mission Control and the whole world in suspense. In fact, both are slight misquotations . People even still utter the words to this day. Directed by Ziga Virc. This line was duplicated in the Apollo 13 movie staring Tom Hanks. For years, people thought mission commander Jim Lovell -- portrayed by Hanks -- said "Houston, we have a problem." Who can forget the moment Tom Hanks said, “Houston, we have a problem” in 1995’s Apollo 13?. 'Houston, we have a problem' is right up there with 'Beam me up Scotty' at the top of the spaceflight-related quotations tree. But what Lovell said was, "Houston, we've had a problem." Prior to the Mandela Effect, the famous line from the Apollo 13 mission used to say "Houston, we have a problem". With Slavoj Zizek, Josip Broz Tito, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson. AD The Apollo 13 spaceship left from Cape Canaveral on 11 April 1970, directed to the Moon.