The Apollo 13 mission is a story of tragedy averted. It only makes sense they would make a film about that event. Would it be a worthy dramatization, though? Well, we’re still talking about ...

comes the incredible story of Apollo 13, as told by the astronauts in space and the teams on the ground that battled to prevent disaster.

an explosion in an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 aborted that mission. Ingenuity and clear thinking in space and in mission control allowed the crew — Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise ...

This Hollywood drama is based on the events of the Apollo 13 lunar mission, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert find everything going according to plan after leaving Earth's orbit.

Announcer: After landing man on the moon in 1969, America's space program in 1970 was a bit of a letdown, if not altogether grim. In 1970, Apollo 13 was to be man’s third landing on the moon.