Trivia

• Ron Howard claims that, after seeing the film, Buzz Aldrin asked him if NASA could use the footage of the launch from the movie.

Goofs

• When Kenneth Mattingly goes to bed and takes the phone off the hook, the position of the receiver is different when he is woken up.

Quotes

• • [watching the Apollo 11 landing on TV]
  • Pete Conrad: Jim, you think it's too late for him to abort?
  • Jim Lovell: No, he still has time to get outta there, he just needs someone to wave him off.