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"Apollo 13," which is heading back to IMAX theaters for the film's 30th anniversary, tells the true story of a ...
Test your knowledge of NASA's monumental Apollo Missions! This quiz challenges your understanding of lunar landings, key ...
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.'' ...
What started as a real-life tense mid-space alert became a Hollywood zinger and landed in our everyday lingo.In this piece, we will explore what really happened on Apollo 13, how Hollywood fine-tuned ...
Never leave home without duct tape!’,” chuckles Jeff Lovell, whose father, Jim, is best known for commanding Nasa’s ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in April 1970. ­After an onboard explosion left their ...
In 1975, a meet-up between American and Soviet spacefarers in orbit showed that the superpowers could work together. Its ...
The so-called "right stuff" manifests rather differently in "Apollo 13". Sure, this generation of astronauts knows the final frontier is dangerous, but they also have a professional edge, acting as if ...
Chris Ellis played a key role in Apollo 13 as Deke Slayton, director of flight crew operations. The actor, who's appeared in dozens of film and TV series across his four-decade career, named Deke ...
Then United Nations ambassador George H. W. Bush presented the flown Bible to Michael Collins, Apollo 11 command module pilot and director of the National Air and Space Museum. Bush had been present ...
Manufacturer Marta Kranz Summary This vest was worn by Eugene F. "Gene" Kranz, NASA Chief of Flight Control Division, during Apollo 13, the third lunar landing attempt. During that flight, mission ...
"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.