The crew of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission, from left to right: Commander James A. Lovell Jr, Command Module pilot John L. Swigert Jr and Lunar Module pilot Fred W. Haise Jr.

Apollo 13 was slated to be the third landing on the moon after Apollo 8 (1968) and Apollo 12 (1969). Launched on April 11, 1970, the crew was led by commander Lovell, along with command module ...

NASA officials didn't have the heart to tell Apollo 13's crew. Then things got interesting. 'His eyes were wide as saucers' Six minutes after the broadcast ended, while Haise and Lovell were still ...

The crew of Apollo 13 became part of an exclusive group of astronauts that has seen the far side of the moon. The Apollo 8 mission in 1968 was the first to see the far or “dark side” of Earth ...

The crew of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission are shown in their space suits on their way to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Kennedy, Fla., Saturday, April 11, 1970.

As Apollo 13 re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere there was a blackout period that prevented the crew from communicating with mission control. The blackout period lasted 90 seconds longer than usual.

Three crew members of the Apollo 13 mission (left to right), Fred Haise, Jim Lovell, and Mattingly. Bettmann Archive. But his most dramatic mission was one that he never flew.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, a panoramic high-definition image of astronaut Fred Haise napping in the “lifeboat” Lunar Module has been produced.

But, analogue or digital, tech is nothing without the people making it work, and "Apollo 13" never forgets that. Most of the men in mission control — this being ... that's become the crew's lifeboat, ...

Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age of 87, NASA announced.