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The curious minds at ColdFusion revisit the harrowing Apollo 13 mission that came dangerously close to disaster.
With declining public interest in Moon missions, and government funding slashed, NASA focused on scientific research. But the ...
Apollo 13 was NASA's third moon-landing mission but the astronauts never made it to the lunar surface. Explore the 'successful failure' in our Apollo 13 guide.
Apollo 13 never made it to the moon as it was intended, but still marked a historic flight for the space program. APOLLO 11 INSIDERS REMEMBER HISTORY'S MOST FAMOUS SPACE MISSION: ...
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 ...
Apollo 13 stands as one of NASA's most monumental and near-fatal space missions decades after the event.. Launched in 1970, what was meant to be the third moon landing became a desperate fight for ...
Apollo 13: Survival provides an edge-of-the-seat take on the experience of three US astronauts who faced disaster unless a rescue plan could quickly be created, writes Esther McCarthy ...
“Apollo 13 is such an iconic story, and, along with Apollo 11, it’s one of the two flights from that Apollo era, which loom the largest in the popular imagination,” said Apollo 13: Survival ...
“Apollo 13 tells the story of an explosion that actually happened on the way to the moon. Really good movie. Maybe the most realistic of all the space movies,” Hadfield said.
When “Apollo 13” was released, Mr. Mattingly fielded questions anew about missing out on the flight. “It was very painful to be told a couple of days before launch that you are not going to ...
Here's everything to know about NASA's 1970 space mission Apollo 13, including its purpose, what went wrong, if the crew survived and more.