As depicted in the 1995 movie "Apollo 13" (with Ed Harris portraying the legendary mission control leader), Kranz' wife hand-sewed a vest for him to wear during each of the missions he worked. Kranz' ...

Gene Kranz (in vest, as Apollo 13 safely splashed down ... Kranz’s wife, Marta, created the garment that would establish a Mission Control tradition. In 1962, when the Kranzes moved into ...

an explosion in an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 aborted that mission. Ingenuity and clear thinking in space and in mission control allowed the crew — Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise ...

April 11th has been a day of remarkable events throughout history, ranging from groundbreaking scientific achievements to ...

as Apollo 13 was preparing to land on the moon, Swigert hit a switch to turn on the heater and oxygen tank 2 blew up. Swigert relayed a message to Mission Control: “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a ...

Fifty-one years ago this month, NASA’s Apollo 13 mission would have been the agency’s third Moon landing and lunar exploration mission. A movie and several books relate the story of this challenging ...