Houston, we have a problem - wikipedia Houston, we have a problem This article is about the misquote itself. For the 2016 docufiction film, see Houston, We Have a Problem ! ( film ). For the 1974 television film, see Houston, We 've Got a Problem. Houston, we have a problem Origin / etymology Apollo 13 mission Original form `` Uh, Houston, we 've had a problem '' Coined by Jack Swigert `` Houston, we have a problem '' is a popular but erroneous quote from the radio communications between the Apollo 13 astronaut John Swigert and the NASA Mission Control Center ( `` Houston '' ) during the Apollo 13 spaceflight, as the astronauts communicated their discovery of the explosion that crippled their spacecraft. The erroneous wording was popularized by the 1995 film Apollo 13, a dramatization of the Apollo 13 mission, in which actor Tom Hanks, portraying Mission Commander Jim Lovell, uses that wording, which became one of the film 's taglines. The words actually spoken, initially by Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert, were `` Okay, Houston, we 've had a problem here '' ( emphasis added ). After being prompted to repeat the transmission by CAPCOM Jack R. Lousma, Lovell responded, `` Uh, Houston, we 've had a problem. '' Houston, we 've had a problem. Swigert and Lovell reporting the incident on April 13, 1970 ( 2 : 59 ) Problems playing this file ? See media help. Since then, the phrase has become popular, being used to account, informally, the emergence of an unforeseen problem. Contents 1 The message 2 References 3 Bibliography 4 External links The message The dialogue occurred between the base and the astronaut was as follows : Swigert : `` Okay, Houston, we 've had a problem here. '' Lousma : `` This is Houston. Say again, please. '' Lovell : `` Uh, Houston, we 've had a problem. '' Lovell : `` We 've had a MAIN B BUS UNDERVOLT. '' Lousma : `` Roger, MAIN B UNDERVOLT. '' Lousma : `` Okay, stand by, Thirteen, we 're looking at it. '' References Jump up ^ `` Houston, We 've Had a Problem ''. Retrieved June 29, 2016. Jump up ^ `` ¿ Por qué la frase : Houston, tenemos un problema ? '' ( Why the phrase : Houston, we have a problem ? ). Retrieved June 29, 2016. Jump up ^ `` '' Houston, tenemos un problema '' -- Jack Swigert '' ( `` Houston, we have a problem '' -- Jack Swigert ) ( in Spanish ). Retrieved June 29, 2016. Jump up ^ `` The meaning and origin of the expression : Houston, we have a problem ''. Retrieved June 29, 2016. Bibliography Lovell, Jim ; Kluger, Jeffrey ( 1994 ). Lost Moon. ISBN 0395670292. External links `` ¿ Cuándo se pronunció la famosa frase `` Houston, tenemos un problema '' ? '' ( When uttered the famous phrase `` Houston, we have a problem '' ? ) ( in Spanish ). `` Spacelog Apollo 13 ''. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Houston,_we_have_a_problem&oldid=817436761 '' Categories : Phrases Apollo 13 Hidden categories : CS1 Spanish - language sources ( es ) Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Edit links This page was last edited on 28 December 2017, at 10 : 43. About Wikipedia

Question: where does the phrase houston we have a problem come from
Answer: the 1995 film Apollo 13, a dramatization of the Apollo 13 mission