Ron Howard is the director of the 1995 American space drama film Apollo 13. The screenplay, written by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert, is an adaptation of astronaut Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger’s ...

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James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronaut Jim Lovell, who died Thursday, was part of the three-man crew on the Apollo 13 NASA mission in 1970. Decades later, ...

The Netflix documentary 'Apollo 13: Survival' gives a rare look at Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise’s time in space Apollo 13 crew members Jack Swigert, Jim Lovell and Fred Haise pose for a ...

Houston ... we have an IMAX release. More than 55 years ago, three NASA astronauts had to abort their mission to the moon after a life-threatening malfunction aboard ...

A veteran of the early days of the U.S. space program has died. Astronaut Jim Lovell flew in space four times. He's best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13. That mission almost ended in ...

Apollo 13 is preparing for a re-launch. The 1995 Universal Pictures film is making a weeklong return to IMAX theaters from September 19th through the 25th. This is the first time that the film will be ...

Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13, died Thursday at the age of 97, NASA announced on Friday. Lovell, who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering as ...

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The astronauts' perilous journey back to Earth was recounted in "Apollo 13," a star-studded film released in 1995 starring Tom Hanks. To mark the Oscar-winning film's 30th anniversary, Universal ...

Apollo 13 came close to tragedy in 1970, but a new documentary finds hope for our planet in the failed Moon mission. Reading time 4 minutes It’s been more than 60 years since Yuri Gagarin became the ...