On April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 recovery operations took place in the South Pacific. Astronaut and lunar module pilot Fred W. Haise is about to be hoisted up by a recovery helicopter from the USS Iwo ...

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

The Apollo 13 rescue showed that when we work in teams and view shared leadership as natural, ... NASA designed the lunar module to support two people for two days.

Just days before Apollo 13 was set to launch, a backup lunar module pilot Charles Duke unintentionally exposed the crew to German measles. Mattingly, the Command Module Pilot for the mission, had ...

Apollo 13: What Actually Happened On NASA’s Near-Disaster Moon Mission ... However, in the run-up to the mission, backup lunar module pilot Charles Duke exposed the crew to German measles.

In the lunar module, which on Apollo 13 served as the crew's lifeboat, the scrubber was cylindrical. Advertisement. Advertisement. Advertisement. Advertisement.

Although it’s been 52 years since the Apollo 11 mission first took man to the moon and 30 years since Tom Hanks famously told ...

Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age of 87, NASA announced.

Eight years later, Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.