Epic History on MSN

The explosion that turned Apollo 13 into a rescue mission

In April 1970, the Apollo 13 mission was supposed to be another routine journey to the Moon. Instead, it became one of the ...

Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell remembered as decorated NASA astronaut

Those were the now-famous words of NASA Capt. James A. "Jim" Lovell Jr., one of America's most decorated astronauts and the mission commander for the ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13. Lovell rephrased a ...
AOL

Slingshot Around the Moon: How Apollo 13 Returned Home

Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA’s third crewed mission to the surface of the moon, but nearly 56 hours into the flight, command module pilot John “Jack” Swigert radioed a troubling message to ...
The Space Race on MSN

Apollo missions revealed something strange - and it surprised scientists

Most people know about the first Moon landing in 1969, but the Apollo program went far beyond that single moment. In just three years, NASA successfully completed six crewed Moon landings and carried ...

Remembering Apollo 13’s Jim Lovell, the Most Down-to-Earth Astronaut

Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.
KCCI Des Moines

From ‘Apollo 13’ to ‘Galaxy Quest,' astronauts share their favorite space movies

NASA’s Artemis II mission is set to launch as early as Feb. 8, putting human spaceflight to the moon back in the spotlight after a 50-plus year hiatus.In celebration of our IRL return to the drama and ...