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

Command module pilot Jack Swigert uttered the famous words to Mission Control Center which have often been misquoted.

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 ...

Splashdown occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 1:07 p.m. April 17, after a flight that lasted five days, 22 hours and 54 minutes. [...] ...

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

File Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress In 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft was launched from ... her father and her flight instructor were killed when their plane crashed on takeoff from ...

T he genre of movies based on the real missions of NASA is actually a fairly succinct conversation when almost no other titles achieved the same acclaim as Apollo 13. The three-de ...

In 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral ... trying to become the youngest person to pilot a plane across the United States, her father and her flight instructor were killed ...