Apollo 13 was NASA's third moon-landing mission, but the astronauts never made it to the lunar surface. During the mission's dramatic series of events, an oxygen tank explosion almost 56 hours ...

He and his team of NASA engineers jumped into action to help three astronauts bound for the moon. His quick thinking earned ...

He and his NASA colleagues were credited with jury-rigging a carbon dioxide filter that allowed the astronauts to breathe as ...

The Netflix documentary 'Apollo 13: Survival' gives a rare look at Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise’s time in space Apollo 13 crew members Jack Swigert, Jim Lovell and Fred Haise pose for ...

But the problem that drives the action in Apollo 13 was a real life-or-death turn of events for the three astronauts aboard the 1970 lunar mission of the same name, and the inherent suspense in ...

A new documentary doesn't just tell the story of Apollo 13, but finds parallels between the mission and the perils we face on Earth. © NASA It’s been more than 60 ...

But some historical films are more accurate than others. 1995’s Apollo 13 is a movie viewers can enjoy for not only the action sequences but also a mostly accurate retelling of the actual space ...

Apollo 13: Survival (now on Netflix) tells a story so many of us already know, albeit in a new, vital manner. Ron Howard’s 1995 nine-times Oscar-nominated Tom Hanks vehicle Apollo 13 rather ...

Young and Colonel Duke.Credit...NASA All those achievements came after he had been scrubbed at virtually the last moment from the flight of Apollo 13 in April 1970. He was to have orbited the moon ...

The Netflix documentary 'Apollo 13: Survival' gives a rare look at Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise’s time in space The latter offers a fresh look at the mission’s harrowing events ...

The Netflix documentary 'Apollo 13: Survival' gives a rare look at Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise’s time in space Maddie Garfinkle has been contributing to PEOPLE since 2024.