The Apollo 13 mission will forever be remembered as a testament to human ingenuity and the will to survive. Three NASA ...

On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on the third U.S. moon-landing mission.

Fifty-one years ago this month, NASA’s Apollo 13 mission would have been the agency’s third Moon landing and lunar exploration mission. A movie and several books relate the story of this challenging ...

April 11th has been a day of remarkable events throughout history, ranging from groundbreaking scientific achievements to ...

NASA's Apollo 13 mission, where disaster struck and an oxygen tank exploded, we take a look at some of the most harrowing space-related accidents ...

When an oxygen tank exploded mid-flight, the Apollo 13 crew was left stranded thousands of miles from Earth with limited power, oxygen, and no clear way home. This is the incredible true story of ...

Apollo 13: Lunar Module Turned Lifeboat In April 1970, an explosion in an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 aborted that mission. Ingenuity and clear thinking in space and in mission control allowed ...

Gene Kranz (in vest, as Apollo 13 safely splashed ... the clock to rescue Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise. After an explosion of an oxygen tank partially crippled ...

An astronaut who flew on one of NASA’s most famous missions to the moon chatted with elementary students at Immaculate Conception Catholic Schools Monday and answered their questions via Zoom.