Ultimately, according to NASM curator Margaret Weitekamp, Kranz’s Apollo 13 vest would not only become a morale booster for his team, but also “a symbol for something much bigger than that ...

On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on the third U.S. moon-landing mission.

Fifty-one years ago this month, NASA’s Apollo 13 mission would have been the agency’s third Moon landing and lunar exploration mission. A movie and several books relate the story of this challenging ...

Splashdown occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 1:07 p.m. April 17, after a flight that lasted five days, 22 hours and 54 minutes. [...] ...

The Apollo 13 mission was meant to be the third lunar landing but the operation was aborted due to serious technical issues, and could have ended in disaster. The objective was to visit the Fra ...

From the team behind the multi-award winning series, 13 Minutes to the Moon, which aired on the BBC World Service in 2019, comes the incredible story of Apollo 13, as told by the astronauts in ...

Apollo 13' on El Cohete, Rio Turbio IV (Patagonia): Caro North & Belén Prados at the summit of P12, what a view, so happy to be there! Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, ...

Apollo 13' on El Cohete, Rio Turbio IV (Patagonia): Fay Manners free climbing P9, a tricky pitch where you need to use all the resources you have! Crimps, chicken wing… - 6c+/7a Planetmountain.com is ...