On this day 50 years ago at 2:13 p.m. EST, Commander James (Jim) Lovell, Command Module Pilot John Swigert and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise launched from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ...

Apollo 13 began as another mission to land astronauts on the Moon before an oxygen tank explosion transformed it into a fight ...

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. The ill-fated mission ...

On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 blasted off into the Florida skies from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center atop a massive Saturn V rocket. The mission, which was crewed by Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Apollo 13 space mission in April 1970 riveted the public as NASA successfully saved the three astronauts onboard after a ...

Apollo 13 faced real issues in liftoff, including engine failure, but the film took some liberties for dramatic effect. NASA's response to the Apollo 13 crisis was methodical, not chaotic like in the ...

Fifty years ago today, on April 17, 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft returned safely to Earth after its loop around the far side of the moon. Apollo 13 had been meant to land two astronauts on the moon.

In his new memoir “Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey,” 88-year-old Fred Haise describes a life of hard work, exploration and stoicism even in the most terrifying of moments. In 1970, ...

Saturday afternoon marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 13 mission, dubbed the “successful failure” of the Apollo program. Although an explosion prevented astronauts James Lovell Jr.

Discover What’s Streaming On: And you thought you had problems. 50 years ago, the NASA astronauts aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft were forced to deal with the unthinkable when the oxygen tank in their ...

Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton led the cast, each playing the real-life astronauts who manned the mission. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including two acting nominations for ...