I didn't see "Apollo 13" in theaters, but the promotional commercials were on a lot. I remember shots of the film being shown with David Bowie's "Space Oddity" as the background music for the footage.

A screening of “Apollo 13,” Ron Howard’s dramatization of the “successful failure” mission to the moon in 1970, doubled as a touching tribute to the film’s late composer, James Horner ...

Apollo 13: Survival (2024) will premiere on Netflix on September 5, 2024. ... James Spinney offers the original music for the documentary, which lends the narrative emotional depth.

"Apollo 13" showcased a real-life moon mission's troubles in space in 1970. Now, the 1995 film has a new honor: getting preserved in the Library of Congress for future generations.