Crewed by Nasa astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise, Apollo 13 was supposed to be the third American mission to land on the lunar surface. During the journey to the Moon, an ...

Apollo 13 never made it to the moon as it was intended, but still marked a historic flight for the space program. APOLLO 11 INSIDERS REMEMBER HISTORY'S MOST FAMOUS SPACE MISSION: ‘WE HAD A JOB T ...

In November 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Richard F. Gordon, and ...

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 ...

comes the incredible story of Apollo 13, as told by the astronauts in space and the teams on the ground that battled to prevent disaster.

Apollo 13 was extraordinarily famous for dealing with a mission-altering on-board calamity that forced efforts into a do-or-die rescue and overshadowed the fact that the planned moon landing was ...

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However, imagine a scenario where Kranz was uncertain whether the information was actually coming from the crippled spacecraft, where he had even the slightest doubt in the veracity of the information ...

13 Minutes to the Moon details the final ... This was the essence of mission control. The Apollo flights threw up problems with complex systems, that arose in real time, and which had to be ...

We wanted to walk on the moon. Now let’s just get Apollo 13 back.” The Apollo 13 mission was set to land on the moon in 1970 but was unable to due to an oxygen tank rupturing during the mission.