Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was the opening scene of the 1995 feature film "Apollo 13" and was recreated for the Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man" more ...

The Apollo program was the first to bring humans to the moon. Even though the program began in the early 1960s until 1972, with 12 astronauts walking the moon's surface during this time frame, there ...

He led the three-man crew that survived a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970, and was later immortalized by Tom Hanks in the movie “Apollo 13.” James A. Lovell Jr., right, and Fred W. Haise ...

Apollo 13 came close to tragedy in 1970, but a new documentary finds hope for our planet in the failed Moon mission. Reading time 4 minutes It’s been more than 60 years since Yuri Gagarin became the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Handout of Apollo 13 astronaut Lovell, former NASA Administrator Goldin, Sen. Glenn and NASA Administrator Bolden talk ...

A mannequin named after Arturo Campos is headed into space on NASA's now-postponed Artemis 1 mission. Courtesy of NASA When Apollo 13’s service module oxygen tank ruptured on April 13, 1970, it threw ...

Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) and his crew ditch their shattered service module in a high-stakes, adrenaline-pumping maneuver to ...

Mission controllers discuss the Apollo 13 mission during some point during the last 24 hours before the successful landing on April 17, 1970. How close was Hollywood to depicting a real-life space ...

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 “Apollo 13 ...