As 'Apollo 13' turns 30, we talk to legendary NASA flight director Gerry Griffin who helped make the film as realistic as possible.

This United States one dollar bill is a memento of Apollo 13. In April 1970, Apollo 13, which as intended to be the third human landing on the Moon, instead traveled around the Moon and back due to an ...

I knew I was alone,” he observed later, “in a way that no earthling has ever been before.” That quote is immortalized on a ...

The prestigious national Hodson Award is presented yearly to one government law office for extraordinary service and ...

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The so-called "right stuff" manifests rather differently in "Apollo 13". Sure, this generation of astronauts knows the final ...

Lovell was played by Tom Hanks in the movie that was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. "Apollo 13," ...

Ron Howard 's Apollo 13 touched down 30 years ago today, captivating audiences with its harrowing real-life tale of a 1970 flight to the moon that nearly ended in tragedy.

Then United Nations ambassador George H. W. Bush presented the flown Bible to Michael Collins, Apollo 11 command module pilot and director of the National Air and Space Museum. Bush had been present ...

Apollo 13 went into production during that in-between period when old-school movie magic like wire work seemed dated, but the new wave of computer-generated tricks were still booting up.