But Lovell is best remembered as commander of the Apollo 13 mission, where an oxygen tank exploded two days after the launch, depleting oxygen and power inside the command module odyssey.
The Apollo 13 mission is a story of tragedy averted. It only makes sense they would make a film about that event. Would it be a worthy dramatization, though? Well, we’re still talking about ...
Houston, we have a problem! The gripping true story of a space disaster starring Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon. Follow NASA's ill-fated mission and the battle to get its crew home.
Apollo Instruments, a newcomer to the world of space-themed watches, has unveiled the DSKY Moonwatch — its grand project of four years that embodies the spirit of space exploration as well as ...
Your doorbell today may have the same computing power as was on the Apollo spacecraft, but can it fly you to the moon? The following article was written by Tom Robinson, collectSPACE.com contributor.
A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was tragically destroyed in a fire, newly uncovered documents from Ireland's National Archives reveal.
MANILA, Philippines—The year 2024 saw the arrest of Apollo Quiboloy for child abuse, sexual abuse and qualified trafficking cases. Quiboloy is a televangelist known for designating himself as ...
Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, Building 30, on the third day of the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. Seen on the television monitor is a picture of ...
If you buy something from a Polygon link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. On the Broadway soundtrack, Glinda (Chenoweth) sounds like she’s processing the news of ...
Apollo 11's flag raising on the ancient lunar surface took all of 10 minutes during Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's two-and-a-half hour moonwalking adventure in July 1969. But that seminal ...