What astronaut first said, “Houston, we’ve had a problem here”?
Jack Swigert
John Glenn
Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
While commonly cited as “Houston, we have a problem,” the Apollo 13 warning to mission control was actually, “Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” Command module pilot Jack Swigert uttered the now-famous phrase on April 13, 1970, when an onboard explosion rocked the aircraft and forced the crew to abort their plans for a moon landing. After Swigert transmitted the message, mission control asked him to repeat it, and Jim Lovell responded, “Uh, Houston, we’ve had a problem.” The 1995 film Apollo 13 used the slight misquotation “Houston, we have a problem” during its dramatization of the mission.
The correct answer is Jack Swigert.