What was supposed to be a routine moon mission turned into a fight for survival. When an oxygen tank exploded mid-flight, the Apollo 13 crew was left stranded thousands of miles from Earth with ...

Gene Kranz (in vest, as Apollo 13 safely splashed down) had faith that "as a group, we were smart enough ... to get out of any problem. Associated Press Forty years ago, for several unbearably ...

With other engineers, Frances “Poppy” Northcutt plotted return-to-Earth trajectories for Apollo 8. Northcutt’s team also troubleshot the Apollo 13 oxygen tank explosion emergency. She worked ...