Apollo 13 Vocabulary List

a.m.

ABC  *

able

aboard

abort

aborting

about

above

absent

absolutely

Academy

Acapulco

accept

acceptable

access

accident

acquisition

across

activity

actual

actually

add

adequate

adjusting

adventure

advise

advised

affect

affecting

affirm

Affirmative

aft

after

again

against

agency

ago

agree

ahead

aim

air

airborne

aircraft

airplane

Alan

alarm

Aldrin

alert

algae

align

aligned

alignment

alive

all

almost

along

already

also

altitude

always

America

America's

American

ammeter

amount

amp

amperage

amps

ANCHORMAN

and

Andy

angle

angles

another

answer

answers

antenna

antennae

anticipated

any

anybody

anymore

anyone

anything

apart

Apollo

apparently

appear

appearances

applause

apple

appreciate

appropriate

approximately

April

Aquarius

are

area

aren't

argue

argument

arithmetic

arm

arm's

Armstrong

Armstrong's

around

Arthur

ascending

ask

asked

asking

asphyxia

aspirin

ass

assembly

assignments

associated

astronaut

astronaut's

astronauts

astronauts'

ate

atmosphere

attached

attempting

Attention

attitude

Audience

auto

aware

away

awe

awful

awfully

baby

bachelor

back

background

backup

backwards

bad

bag

baggage

bags

bail

ball

ballad

ballast

balls

band

bang

banging

bangs

Banshee

Barbara

Barbara's

barbecue

barber

Barely

bars

basketball

bathroom

Batt

batteries

battery

batts

beat

beaten

Beatles

beautiful

became

because

becoming

been

before

beginning

beginnings

being

belief

believe

bell

below

beneath

Bergman

best

bet

betcha

Bethpage

better

between

big

bigger

biggest

Biloxi

bio

bit

black

blackout

blackouts

Blanch

blanket

blasts

bleeding

blind

blocks

blood

blooming

blow

blown

blurry

board

book

books

booster

booths

boredom

Borman

boss

both

bother

bought

bounce

bouncing

boy

boys

BPC  *

bra

brain

bravo

break

breaker

breakers

breakfast

breaking

breath

breathable

breathe

breathing

brewing

bribed

bright

brilliant

bring

bringing

brings

broadcast

broadcasting

broke

broken

brought

buddy

budget

built

build

bulb

bulkhead

bullet

bullshit

bump

bumped

bumps

bunch

bungee

burn

burning

burst

bus

business

busy

but

button

buttoned

Buzz

Buzz's

Bye

cabin

Cadet

CAL  *

calculated

call

called

calling

calm

came

camera

cameras

can

can't

cancelled

cancer

canister

canisters

CAPCOM  *

capsule

Capture

car

carbon

care

carpet

carrier

cartridges

Cash

cat

catch

caught

caused

causing

caution

cell

cells

center

Chaffee

chair

challenge

champagne

chance

change

changes

channels

Charbroiled

Charles

Charlie

check

checking

checklist

cheering

cheerleader

children

Christ

Christmas

Christopher

CHUCK

churned

chutes

circle

circling

circuit

city

clap (an STD)

classmates

cleaner

cleaning

clear

cleared

clearest

Clearly

clicking

climbing

clock

close

closed

closing

CMC  *

CMP  *

CMRCS  *

CO2  *

cockpit

coffee

coil

cold

collection

Colorado

Columbus

combat

come

comes

comforting

coming

comm

command

commander

commission

Communication

communications

compare

complete

completed

completely

compressor

computer

Con

condensation

conditions

confines

confirm

confirmation

Congress

connect

connected

Conrad

consider

considering

constellation

consumables

consumption

contact

contacted

contingency

continuing

control

CONTROLLER

controllers

controls

conversions

cool

cooling

copy

Corps

correct

correcting

correction

corrections

corridor

cost

couches

could

could've

couldn't

count

counting

countries

country

couple

course

cousin

cover

cracked

craft

cranking

crashing

Crater

crew

crew's

CREWMAN

crippled

critical

CRONKITE

crosses

crosshairs

crossing

CROWD

cryo

CSM  *

curious

curve

cut

cuts

Dad

dad's

Daddy

daddy's

damage

damaged

damn

dancing

danger

dangerous

dark

darkness

data

dawn

day

day's

Daylight

days

dead

deadband

deadly

deal

death

debrief

debriefing

debris

decided

decidedly

decision

defect

definitely

degrees

Deke

Delta

demonstrate

Department

depends

deployment

depress

depressed

descent

designed

destination

determined

did

didn't

die

died

dies

difference

dig

dioxide

direct

director

disaster

disk

displayed

displays

distance

distract

ditching

divine

doc

dock

docking

does

doesn't

doing

dollar

don't

done

door

double

doubts

down

dragging

drama

dramatic

draw

draws

dreamed

dreamt

dress

drifting

drill

drinking

drive

driver's

drogue

drop

dropout

dropped

drunk

duct

due

Duke

duly

dump

dumped

dumps

during

dying

each

Eagle

ear

earlier

Earth

Earth's

Ease

Easter

Eastern

easy

eat

ECS  *

edge

Edison

editor

EDS  *

EECOM  *

efficiency

effort

egress

eight

either

ejecta

eldest

elected

electrical

electronic

elephant

eleven

else

embarked

emerge

emergency

encountered

end

endanger

engine

engine's

engineer

Engineers

engines

enough

enter

entering

entire

entry

equipment

Essential

estimate

evaluating

even

evening

events

ever

every

everybody

everyone

everything

everything's

exact

exactly

excellent

exchanged

exciting

excursion

Excuse

execute

exemplary

expanse

expect

expected

expecting

expel

experienced

experiments

explosion

exposed

extension

extraction

extraordinary

extravehicular

extreme

eye

eyed

face

faced

facilities

fact

Fahrenheit

failure

fall

falling

false

family

fans

FAO  *

far

Farewell

farther

fast

father's

fault

fear

feel

feeling

feels

feet

fellas

fever

few

fewer

fewest

FIDO  *

field

fifteen

fighting

figure

figured

file

filter

filter's

filters

final

find

fine

finest

finish

fire

first

fit

five

fix

fixed

flame

flared

flashlight

flew

flight

flight's

flip

flipped

flirting

float

floating

Floodlights

floor

flow

flowers

flown

fly

flying

folks

Follow

followed

following

foolishly

foot

footpads

footsteps

for

forget

forgot

fortune

Forty

forward

foul

four

fourteen

Fra

Frank

franticly

frapping

Fred

Freddo

free

freezes

freezing

frequency

Friday

from

front

frozen

fuel

fully

functioning

fund

funny

gain

gantry

gas

gathered

gauge

gauges

gave

GDC  *

Gemini

Gene

gentle

gentlemen

germs

get

gets

getting

giant

gimbal

gimbals

girl

give

given

giving

glad

glitch

global

glycol

GNC  *

God

goddamn

goes

going

gone

gonna

good

goodnight

got

Gotcha

gotta

gotten

government

grabs

graduated

Grandma

grant

grave

gravity

gray

great

greatest

green

grim

Grissom

grounded

growing

Grumman

guarantee

guarantees

GUARD

Guenter

GUENTHER

guess

guessing

guest

guidance

Guide

GUIDO  *

Gum

gun

Gus

guy

guys

gypsy

H2  *

habit

had

hadn't

haircut

Haise

half

hand

handed

handle

hands

happen

happened

happening

happy

hard

harder

hardware

has

hash

hasn't

hatch

hate

hauling

have

having

Hawaii

hazardous

he'll

he's

head

headed

Heads

hear

heard

heart

hearted

hearts

heat

heated

heater

heating

heavy

helicopters

helium

hell

Hello

helmet

helmets

help

helping

Henry

her

here

here's

heroic

Hershey

Hey

high

Highlands

highly

him

his

historic

history

hit

hitting

hold

holding

holds

hole

home

homing

hon

honey

honor

honored

hope

horrible

horseshit

hoses

hot

hotel

hour

hours

house

housekeeping

Houston

how

How'd

How're

How's

huh

human

hundred

hungry

Hurt

hurts

husband

hydroxide

I'd

I'll

I'm

I've

ice

idea

ignite

ignition

ill

imagine

Imbrium

immediate

immediately

impaired

important

improvising

IMU  *

inboard

inches

incinerate

INCO  *

income

incredible

indicator

indistinct

infection

inferno

Inform

information

ingenious

ingress

inside

inspiration

Inspired

inspiring

instance

instrument

instrumentation

instruments

intended

intense

intentions

interface

into

invent

IRS  *

Isaac

isn't

isol

isolate

It'll

it's

itch

its

IUs  *

Iwo

Jack

Jack's

Jackie

jammed

JANE

Jannie

Japan

Jay

JEFFREY

Jeffrey's

Jerusalem

Jesus

Jet

jett

jettison

Jim

Jim's

Jima

Jimmy

Jimmy's

job

John

John's

Johnny

joke

jolt

judgment

juice

Jules

July

jump

jumped

just

keep

Ken

Ken's

Kennedy

kept

kick

kicking

kid

kidneys

kids

kids'

killed

kind

kit

knew

know

knowing

knows

Kraft

Kranz

lab

ladder

ladies

lady's

Lago

laid

land

landed

landing

lands

laps

large

last

lasts

late

later

laughs

launch

launches

lawn

lay

layers

LCG  *

leader

leading

leak

leak's

leap

learn

leaves

leaving

led

left

leg

LEM  *

LEM's

length

lengthwise

less

let

let's

letter

level

levels

lever

life

lifeboat

lift

lifting

light

lights

like

limit

Lindbergh

line

lines

liquid

list

listen

listening

literally

lithium

little

live

lives

load

lock

locked

Log

logic

long

longer

look

looked

looking

looks

loop

loose

lose

losing

loss

lost

lot

loud

lousy

Lovell

Lovell's

Lovells'

luck

Lucky

lunar

machine

machines

made

mag

mail

main

maintain

make

making

malfunctioning

man

maneuver

mankind

manned

manual

manually

many

map

Mare

MARGARET

margin

Marilyn

mark

marks

Mary

master

masters

materials

matter

Mattingly

Mattingly's

Mauro

may

maybe

McDivitt

mean

means

meant

meantime

measles

measurement

med

medical

meet

Melancholy

member

members

men

Mercury

mere

mess

meteor

middle

might

mike

mil

miles

Military

million

millions

mind

mine

minimum

minor

minus

minute

minutes

miracle

mirror

miss

missile

missing

mission

Mississippi

mistake

mode

module

module's

mom

Mom's

moment

Mommy

money

month

months

moon

moon's

more

morning

most

mother

Mount

mountain

mountain's

mourning

move

moved

movement

moves

moving

Mrs.

much

multiple

music

must

Must've

mutiny

myself

named

narrow

NASA  *

naturally

nature

nautical

navigate

Navy

near

need

needed

needle

needs

negative

neighborhood

neighbors

Neil

neither

nervous

network

networks

never

new

news

Newton

next

nice

nick

night

nights

nine

Nixon

Nobody's

nominal

Nor

normal

north

nose

not

notches

noted

notes

nothing

now

null

number

numbers

nylons

O2  *

obstacles

obvious

obviously

occasion

occurred

ocean

odds

Odyssey

Odyssey's

off

offered

office

offline

okay

old

omni

once

one

one's

ones

only

onto

open

opening

operation

operations

optimistic

option

orbit

orbited

order

ORDERLY

organized

orientation

original

other

other's

ought

our

out

outer

outfoxed

outside

over

Overboard

overcome

overloaded

own

oxygen

p.m.

Pacific

pacing

pad

Page

panel

panels

paper

paperwork

parachute

parachutes

park

part

part's

party

pass

passed

passing

past

patrol

Paul

pay

peg

penetrate

people

per

perfect

Perhaps

permission

personally

personnel

Pete

PhDs

phenomenon

PHIL

Phone

phosphorescent

pick

picking

picture

pictures

piece

pieces

pig

pilot

pilot's

ping

pissing

pitch

pitching

Pittsburgh

place

placed

places

plan

planned

platform

play

playing

pleasant

please

pleasure

plugged

plus

point

pointed

poisoning

poisonous

pole

pond

pop

Pope

port

porters

position

possibility

possible

possibly

pot

pounds

powder

power

pray

prayers

precisely

predict

Predicted

predictions

pregnant

prepares

presence

President

pressure

pressurization

pretty

prime

Princess

privilege

probably

probe

problem

problems

procedure

procedures

proceed

process

program

project

propulsion

prospecting

protects

proud

provide

provides

psi

PTC  *

public

pull

pulled

pulls

pump's

pumps

punchy

puppies

purge

push

pushing

put

pyro

pyros

pyrotechnics

quad

quadruple

qualified

question

questions

quick

quickly

quiet

quit

quote

race

radar

radars

radio

radios

ran

Range

rapid

Rapidly

rate

rates

ratio

ration

RCS  *

reacquisition

react

reactant

read

reading

readings

ready

real

realize

really

reason

recall

Recapping

recently

recognize

recommend

reconfigure

Reconfirm

records

RECOVER

recovery

Recycle

red

reference

references

regain

regarding

regards

regulator

regulator's

rehearsal

relative

relief

remain

remaining

remember

remembering

remotely

Renaissance

reorganize

Repeat

REPORTER

reports

repress

reputation

request

rescue

reset

resolutions

respect

responsible

rest

restart

restraint

reticle

retired

retract

RETRO  *

return

returned

reverse

review

REYNOLDS

rhinoceros

ricochet

ride

right

ring

ringing

rip

ripped

rise

risen

risky

road

roaring

rock

rocket

rocks

Roger

roll

Rolling

Rome

rookie

room

rooms

round

routine

RTCC  *

ruled

run

running

rushing

Russians

Ruthless

safe

safely

safety

said

salaries

same

saturated

Saturn

Savage

save

say

saying

sayonara

says

scared

scenarios

schedule

scheduled

school

science

scientific

Scout

scratch

screeching

scrub

scrubbers

SCS  *

Sea

seal

seat

SECO  *

second

secondary

seconds

secure

see

seeing

seem

seems

seen

select

sell

Senate

sensors

separation

sequence

sequencing

Sequential

serious

seriously

service

set

seven

Seventy

shadow

shallow

shallowing

shame

Shangri

shape

sharp

she

She's

sheer

Shepard

Shepard's

shield

shimmies

shimmy

ship

ship's

shit

shit's

shoots

short

shortcuts

shorted

shorter

shorting

shorts

shot

should

shouldn't

show

shut

shutdown

shutting

shuttle

sick

side

sight

signal

signing

silence

silly

SIM  *

simulated

simulator

simulators

since

single

sir

Sit

site

sitting

situation

situations

six

skin

skip

skipping

skyrocketing

SLA  *

slack

slated

Slayton

sleep

slept

slide

slight

slightly

slingshot

slow

slowly

small

smarter

smash

smoking

smooth

SMRCS  *

sneak

snow

soak

sock

soft

softball

some

somebody

someplace

something

Something's

sometime

sometimes

son

son's

song

soon

sorry

sort

sound

sounding

sounds

source

South

space

spacecraft

spaceship

spare

sparked

speak

speaking

special

specs

speed

spidery

spikes

splashdown

split

SPS  *

square

squeeze

squishing

stable

staging

stand

standing

standpoint

star

stars

start

started

starting

starts

state

station

status

stay

steadily

steady

steely

steep

steer

step

Stephen

steps

sticking

still

stir

stir's

stirred

stop

store

story

stow

Straight

stranger

strapped

street

strength

stroke

strong

stuff

stupid

successful

such

sudden

suddenly

sugarcoat

suggest

suicidal

suit

sun

sunlight

sunrise

supply

support

supposed

sure

surface

surgeon

surface

survive

surviving

sweeping

Sweet

sweetie

Swigert

switch

switches

switching

system

systems

table

take

taken

takeoff

taking

talk

talking

tank

tanks

tape

target

taxes

team

teams

tear

TECH  *

technical

TECHNICIAN

TED

telemetry

telephone

television

tell

telling

TELMU  *

temperature

ten

tendency

terminator

terror

terseness

test

tests

Texas

than

thank

Thanks

that

that's

the

their

them

theme

then

there

there'll

there's

these

they

they'd

they'll

they're

they've

thick

thickening

thicker

thing

things

think

thinking

thirteen

Thirty

this

those

thought

thousands

thread

three

thrilled

through

throw

throwing

thrust

thruster

thrusters

Thrusting

tie

tight

till

time

times

tinfoil

tired

Tires

TLI

toaster

today

toes

together

told

Tom

tomorrow

tone

tonight

too

took

top

topping

tore

torquing

toting

touch

tough

tower

toxic

Tracey

trade

tradition

tragedy

trail

trailing

trained

training

trajectory

Tranquillitatis

Tranquillity

transfer

transferred

transistor

translate

translation

transmitter

transpire

transposition

treat

trenches

trick

tried

trim

trip

trouble

true

try

trying

Tsiolkovsky

tube

tumbling

tunnel

tunnel's

turkey

turn

turned

twelve

Twenty

two

typhoon

Ullage

umbilical

under

understand

undervolt

underweight

unfortunately

united

until

unusual

Upbeat

upchucking

updates

uplink

ups

upstairs

Upward

urinate

urine

Urion  *

usage

use

used

using

vacation

vacuum

vacuumed

valve

valves

variables

vast

vehicle

velocity

venting

verify

very

view

viewers

vigil

visibility

visible

visit

vitally

voice

Voiceover

voices

volts

vouch

VOX  *

voyage

Wailing

wait

Walter

waiting

waits

wake

walk

walked

walking

Wall

walls

WALTER

wanna

want

wanted

wants

warm

warmer

warning

warnings

was

wash

washing

wasn't

waste

watch

watched

watchers

watchers'

watching

water

wave

way

we'd

we'll

we're

we've

wear

wearing

weather

week

weeks

weight

welcome

well

Wendt

went

were

wes

western

whack

what

what'll

what're

what's

whatever

wheel

Wheels

when

where

Where's

whether

which

while

white

who

whole

why

wicked

wide

wife

will

window

wink

Wisconsin

wish

wishing

with

without

withstood

wives

woke

won

won't

wonder

wonderful

wondering

woods

word

work

worked

working

works

world

world's

worried

worry

worse

worst

would

wouldn't

writing

wrong

Yaw

yawing

yeah

year

years

Yes

yet

York

you

You'd

you'll

you're

you've

young

your

yours

yourself

yourselves

zap

zero

zip

zone

 

 

 

ABBREVIATIONS:

 

ABC: American Broadcasting Company (a news outlet)

BPC: Boost Protective Cover, for the Apollo Command/Service Module

CAL: calibration

CAPCOM: capsule communicator

carbon dioxide: CO2

CMC: command module computer

CMP: command module pilot

CMRCS: Command Module Reaction Control System

CO2: carbon dioxide (gas)

CSM: command service module

ECS: environmental control system

EDS: Emergency Detection System

EECOM: Electrical, Environmental and Consumables Manager

FAO: Flight Activities Officer

FIDO: Flight Dynamics Officer

GDC: Gyro display coupler

GNC: Guidance, Navigation, and Controls System Engineer

GUIDO: Guidance Officer

H2: hydrogen (gas)

IMU: intertial measurement unit

INCO: Integrated Communications Officer

IRS: Internal Revenue Service (U.S. tax agency of government)

IUs: instrument units

LCG: liquid-cooled garment

LEM: lunar excursion module

NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Agency

O2: oxygen (gas)

PTC: passive thermal control

RCS: reaction control system

RETRO: Retrofire Officer

RTCC: Real-time Computer Complex

SCS: stabilization control system

SECO: sustainer engine cut-off

SIM: simulator

SLA: SM/LM adapter

SMRCS: service module reaction control system

SPS: Service propulsion system

TECH: technician

TELMU: Telemetry, Electrical, EVA Mobility Unit Officer

Urion (play on words: combining “Orion” with “urine”)

VOX: voice-operated switch (voice activated, not PTT (push to talk) mode)

 

 

SOME EXPRESSIONS:

 

out of the woods: out of danger or trouble

wink of sleep: a very short nap/sleep

 

 

SOME OF THE NAMES:

 

Barbara Lovell, daughter of astronaut Jim Lovell

Blanch Lovell, mother of astronaut Jim Lovell

Buzz Aldrin, NASA, second astronaut to land on moon in 1969

Fred Haise,  Apollo 13 (1970) flight crew member

Gene Kranz, NASA station commander

Jack Swigert, Apollo 13 (1970) flight crew member

Jay Lovell, eldest son of Jim and Marilyn Lovell

Jeffrey Lovell, Jim Lovell's young son

Jim Lovell,  Apollo 13 (1970) flight crew commander

Ken Mattingly, astronaut who was not permitted to fly on Apollo 13 (1970)

Marilyn Lovell, wife of astronaut Jim Lovell

Mary Haise, wife of astronaut Fred Haise

Neil Armstrong, NASA, first astronaut to land on moon in 1969

Walter Cronkite, well-known television news anchor for CBS news