The prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission hoists the Command Module aboard. ; Apollo 13 astronaut John L. Swigert Jr. sits in a rescue basket as he is lifted aboard a recovery helicopter ...

“Apollo 13 tells the story of an explosion that actually ... and if they hear the commander of the ship say, ‘Houston, we have a problem,’ it’s an understatement, but it has a huge impact.

20. That's Lovell himself playing the captain of the USS Iwo Jima, the recovery ship dispatched to greet the Apollo 13 crew upon their return to Earth. In fact, it's Lovell wearing his own ...

on a ship where resources are depleting, and there is no mission control working to save us. Five days after Apollo 13’s astronauts splashed down, the planet celebrated the first ever Earth Day.

Apollo 13: Survival (now on Netflix) tells a story so many of us already know, albeit in a new, vital manner. Ron Howard’s 1995 nine-times Oscar-nominated Tom Hanks vehicle Apollo 13 rather ...

Commander Mattingly was the only one of the Apollo 13 crewmen who were found to lack ... the moon and then returning to the orbiting mother ship. Commander Mattingly read off a long and detailed ...

The Netflix documentary 'Apollo 13: Survival' gives a rare look at Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise’s time in space Maddie Garfinkle has been contributing to PEOPLE since 2024.

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 ...