“Failure is not an option.”

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misattributed

No member of the Apollo 13 crew is recorded saying this sentence in the mission transcript. The line was popularized by the film Apollo 13 and later used as the title of Gene Kranz's memoir.

Source-backed author: Apollo 13 screenwriters and later Gene Kranz title

Earliest traceable appearance in this record: 1995 film Apollo 13; the mission transcript does not contain the sentence.

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