We are now, through those words, the living embodiment of problems despite the fact that Houston is a city built on solutions. You can criticize us for a lot of things, but not for our lack of ...

The often misquoted line from Apollo 13 astronauts—"OK, Houston, we’ve had a problem here"—comes up a lot in everyday life, and that annoys a lot of Houstonians. Photo: NASA.

With the release Tuesday of the much-anticipated 10th-anniversary special-edition DVD of Apollo 13, it may be time to buckle up for a re-entry.Like many words or phrases, "Houston, we have a ...

In 2002, both the Guardian and Salon.com used the same headline for Enron analysis: "Houston, we have a problem." In '05, after Hurricane Rita, the New York Times headline announced, "Houston, You ...