Apollo 13 was NASA's third moon-landing mission, but the astronauts never made it to the lunar surface. During the mission's dramatic series of events, an oxygen tank explosion almost 56 hours ...

Bettmann/Getty Apollo 13 stands as one of NASA's most monumental ... moon landing became a desperate fight for survival after an oxygen tank exploded on board. The unwavering teamwork, strength ...

While the crew of three were on their journey to their intended destination, there was an oxygen tank explosion on Apollo 13, which could have ended in disaster. Even though Apollo 13 never made ...

This photo shows a CO2 scrubber made from parts found aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft by the astronauts following an explosion in an oxygen tank. Astronaut John Swigert holds a CO2 scrubber made ...

Tom Hanks’ powerful performance in the 1995 film, Apollo 13, redefined the genre with emotional depth and realism. Read on to know more!

chuckles Jeff Lovell, whose father, Jim, is best known for commanding Nasa’s ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in April 1970.

The astronauts never made it to the moon. On April 13, 1970, two days after Apollo 13 launched, an oxygen tank aboard the craft exploded. Mission control had to develop an emergency plan to ...

Things took a new turn 55 hours into the mission, when Apollo 13 was about 180,000 nautical miles from Earth. One of the liquid oxygen tanks started to malfunction, giving an off-scale high ...

Launched in April 1970, Apollo 13 was planned to be the third mission ... leaving it venting the mission's limited supply of oxygen into space — changed the focus of the flight.

Apollo 13: Survival (now on Netflix ... one of the command module’s oxygen tanks burst, taking out the life-support and electrical systems. Our three heroes were in deep, deep peril.

Two days after liftoff, on April 13, 1970, an oxygen tank in Apollo 13’s service module exploded. The explosion crippled the spacecraft, leaving it without most of its oxygen supply, electricity ...

The Netflix documentary 'Apollo 13: Survival' gives a rare look at Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise’s time in space The latter offers a fresh look at the mission’s harrowing events ...