Ron Howard wanted Apollo 13 (1995) to feel less like a Hollywood version of the space program and more like something ...

Overview of the Apollo mission sequence—from Saturn V launch to lunar landing and splashdown. Launch (Saturn V): - Saturn V placed the Apollo spacecraft into Earth orbit. - There were 13 successful ...

Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham orbited the earth for ten days in an Apollo command-service ...

Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA's third crewed mission to the surface of the moon, but nearly 56 hours into the flight, command module pilot John "Jack" Swigert radioed a troubling message to ...