"Apollo 13," which is heading to IMAX, recounts the perilous 1970 efforts of three astronauts to return to Earth safely during a failed lunar mission.

Apollo 13 was meant to land on the Moon, but an explosion turned it into a desperate fight for survival. This is the story of how ingenuity, teamwork, and determination brought three astronauts safely ...

The way Ron explained it to me when we started was, 'Look, I'm not making a documentary. I'm making an entertaining movie based on facts.'' ...

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In honor of its 30th anniversary, Ron Howard’s Oscar-winning movie Apollo 13 is headed back to theaters with the full movie ...

To help Apollo 13 celebrate the big 3-0, we're checking in on what its star-studded cast has been up to in the years since. Read on to see the Apollo 13 cast, then and now. Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell ...

Even though Apollo 13 never made it to the moon, it did make it back to Earth with all three crew members surviving the nearly tragic event. The Apollo 11 crew was the first to land on the moon.

Apollo 13 was the only trip in space for Swigert, who died in 1982. Haise, who is 86, was scheduled to command Apollo 19, but the program was canceled after Apollo 17.

Apollo 13 insignia. NASA Only the third such mission after Apollo 11 and Apollo 12, 56 hours into its journey to the moon Apollo 13 suffered a catastrophic explosion when an oxygen tank ruptured.

On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft launched with astronauts Jack Swigert, 38, Jim Lovell, 42, and Fred Haise, 36. Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA's third moon-landing mission, however ...

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.

More than 55 years ago, three NASA astronauts had to abort their mission to the moon after a life-threatening malfunction aboard their spacecraft. Their tense journey back to Earth became the basis ...