Apollo 13 was comprised of three main components. The command module housed the crew, acted as a control center and would enable them to return to Earth. The service module supplied oxygen, power, ...

"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 ...

"In each case, you don't just follow a script and then some instructions on how to do it. There's the script and it poses…not a problem, but an opportunity," Cundey explains over Zoom. "So you get to ...

On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft launched with astronauts Jack Swigert, 38, Jim Lovell, 42, and Fred Haise, 36. Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA's third moon-landing mission, however, it ...

The Netflix documentary 'Apollo 13: Survival' gives a rare look at Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise’s time in space The latter offers a fresh look at the mission’s harrowing events, using ...

FILE - In this April 21, 1970 file photo, Apollo 13 commander James A. Lovell Jr., left, opens the astronauts televised news conference at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, by saying "I'm not a ...

NASA’s third moon landing mission blasts off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. Severe oscillations — astronauts called it “pogo” — cause the center engine of the Saturn V second stage to shut down ...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KSNW) — The Cosmosphere is paying tribute to Captain Jim Lovell, the Apollo 13 commander whose steady leadership during a near-disaster made him an American hero. Lovell died ...