Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died, NASA announced. He was 87. “We lost ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA ...

CHICAGO — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, ...

Captain Jim Lovell at Earth to America! which airs on TBS Sunday, November 20 at 8 p.m. 10423MC_80036.jpg (Photo by M. Caulfield/WireImage for Temp Account) The world is mourning the loss of the great ...

Mission controllers discuss the Apollo 13 mission during some point during the last 24 hours before the successful landing on April 17, 1970. How close was Hollywood to depicting a real-life space ...

Legendary astronaut James “Jim” Lovell, whose steady command during the harrowing Apollo 13 mission captivated the world, died Friday in Lake Forest, Illinois. He was 97. A veteran of four ...