I knew I was alone,” he observed later, “in a way that no earthling has ever been before.” That quote is immortalized on a ...

The so-called "right stuff" manifests rather differently in "Apollo 13". Sure, this generation of astronauts knows the final ...

Although it’s been 52 years since the Apollo 11 mission first took man to the moon and 30 years since Tom Hanks famously told ...

On April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 recovery operations took place in the South Pacific. Astronaut and lunar module pilot Fred W. Haise is about to be hoisted up by a recovery helicopter from the USS Iwo ...

The way Ron explained it to me when we started was, 'Look, I'm not making a documentary. I'm making an entertaining movie ...

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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 ...

Apollo 13 came close to tragedy in 1970, ... Aboard were three astronauts: mission commander Jim Lovell, lunar module pilot Fred Haise, and command module pilot Jack Swigert, ...

According to retired astronaut Kevin Mattingly (portrayed by Gary Sinise), who was Apollo 13’s command module pilot before exposure to German measles forced him to back out of the flight, ...

In 1970, Mattingly was supposed to have joined the crew of Apollo 13, piloting the command module. But he was removed from the mission a few days before launch after being exposed to German measles.

A replacement for Apollo 10 was found, but the tank was eventually used for the Apollo 13 service module. Before launch, the tank was tested and found to have dropped to 92 percent capacity.