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Apollo 13 and the mission control team that defied disaster

Apollo 13 was meant to land on the Moon, but an explosion turned it into a desperate fight for survival. This is the story of ...
Epic History on MSN

How Apollo 13 Nearly Ended in Tragedy

After the Moon landing, the Apollo program’s future was uncertain. But in 1970, Apollo 13 turned NASA’s focus back to survival. When an explosion crippled the spacecraft mid-flight, it sparked one of ...
NPR

ICYMI: A Conversation With Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell

Commander and Astronaut James A. Lovell, Jr. – died Thursday at the age of 97. He was one of the three-man Apollo 13 spacecraft crew that set for the moon in April 1970. In 1970, the Apollo 13 ...
Deadline.com

Fifth Season Launches Apollo 13 Docu; Avi Belkin’s ‘Odyssey’ Tells Tale From Perspective of Jim Lovell

EXCLUSIVE: Apollo 13 mission commander astronaut Jim Lovell, memorialized through Tom Hanks’ performance in the Best Picture-nominated Ron Howard film, will have another screen moment. Days after the ...
The Hill

Apollo 13 made Jim Lovell a legend generations after the space race

Recently, yet another Apollo astronaut, Jim Lovell, passed on. Lovell’s fame was as defined by his role as a pop culture icon as it was by his astronaut heroics. Everybody who came of age during the ...