What began as a routine Moon mission turned into a life-or-death struggle. Apollo 13’s near-disaster became the most ...

The Apollo program was the first to bring humans to the moon. Even though the program began in the early 1960s until 1972, with 12 astronauts walking the moon's surface during this time frame, there ...

After the Moon landing, the Apollo program’s future was uncertain. But in 1970, Apollo 13 turned NASA’s focus back to survival. When an explosion crippled the spacecraft mid-flight, it sparked one of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This Saturday (April 11) will mark 50 years since NASA's Apollo 13 mission launched on an ...

"Houston, we have a problem." But the problem that drives the action in Apollo 13 was a real life-or-death turn of events for the three astronauts onboard. And the inherent suspense in how their ...

Mission controllers discuss the Apollo 13 mission during some point during the last 24 hours before the successful landing on April 17, 1970. How close was Hollywood to depicting a real-life space ...

The astronauts of the Apollo 13 mission reunite. April 13, 2010— -- It took just one sentence to get the world to pay attention to the Apollo 13 mission. "Houston, we have a problem." But in fact ...

The Apollo astronauts took some of the most famous photos of the 20 th century, but to Andy Saunders, they’re not quite good enough. It isn’t the content that bothers him, nor the skill of the ...

NEW YORK — A keepsake from NASA's nearly disastrous Apollo 13 moon mission of 1970 nabbed top spot in an auction Monday of more than 300 artifacts from the early years of the U.S. space program. The ...

Ron Howard’s 1995 film Apollo 13 dramatized the nearly catastrophic but gloriously heroic lunar mission by the same name that took place in 1970. Starring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Bacon as ...