What started as a real-life tense mid-space alert became a Hollywood zinger and landed in our everyday lingo.In this piece, ...

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Kluger, who has written about the Apollo Program, talks about his new book: 'Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, The Untold ...

Every step that ensured the astronauts’ safety was guided by a small, cross-disciplinary unit of NASA experts — eventually ...

The Fourth of July arrived and we celebrated one more day of our independence. And what better way to do it than living great stories that speak of our honor and patriotism through ...

On Ron Howard's 'Apollo 13,' Tom Hanks' space nerd credentials made him a guiding force for the other actors in striving for authenticity at all times.

Bush had been present in Houston when the microfilmed Bibles were given to the Apollo 13 crew to include on their flight. The effort to fly copies of the Bible to the lunar surface was inititated by ...

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

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.

Key Points Apollo 13, Ron Howard's docudrama about a disastrous mission to the moon, turns 30 this month. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton led the cast, each playing the real-life ...

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

The propeller that helped thrust the USS Shangri-La aircraft carrier and figures into a pivotal scene from the Apollo 13 movie has a home in Delaware.