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What began as a routine Moon mission turned into a life-or-death struggle. Apollo 13’s near-disaster became the most ...
Tom Hanks is a household name, celebrated for his roles in countless iconic films. However, one of his most underrated performances can be found in the gripping space drama Apollo 13, which marks its ...
Five years before Tom Hanks got stuck on an island in Cast Away (2000), he was stuck in space in Ron Howard's film Apollo 13, ...
The 1995 movie ‘Apollo 13’ told the story behind the failed NASA mission. Get to know the space explorers who Tom Hanks, Bill ...
In April 1970, Apollo 13 was headed to the moon when disaster struck. A critical failure crippled the spacecraft’s systems.
Famed NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, who commanded the harrowing Apollo 13 mission that was forced to abandon a lunar landing ...
"Apollo 13" heads to theaters for film's 30th anniversary, tells the Jim Lovell-led story of a near-disastrous NASA mission. Lovell died Aug. 7, 2025.
EXCLUSIVE: Apollo 13 mission commander astronaut Jim Lovell, memorialized through Tom Hanks’ performance in the Best ...
Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.
James A. Lovell, the astronaut known for serving as commander of the Apollo 13 mission, died Thursday, Aug. 7, in Lake Forest ...
Astronaut Jim Lovell circled the moon on Apollo 8 and helped bring Apollo 13 home safely despite a mishap far from Earth.
One of NASA’s most traveled astronauts in the agency’s first decade, he flew four times — Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 — with the two Apollo flights riveting the folks back on ...