Two days after liftoff, on April 13, 1970, an oxygen tank in Apollo 13’s service module exploded. The explosion crippled the spacecraft, leaving it without most of its oxygen supply, electricity ...

Apollo 13 was the third Moon landing attempt but had to abort after the rupture of a service module oxygen tank. ... but the tank was eventually used for the Apollo 13 service module.

Apollo 10 got within nine miles of the moon's surface. The crew took pictures and gathered information about the landing sites for Apollo 11. This mission began on May 18, 1969 and ended on May 26.

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Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died, NASA announced. He was 87.

Then there was Apollo 13: I was in Houston when the oxygen pressure fell and the fuel cells were no longer able to supply electricity to the Crew Module.

In April of 1970, the entire world watched anxiously as the lives of three astronauts hung in the balance. The Apollo 13 mission, part of NASA’s ongoing human space flight program, had gone ...

No spoiler warnings were required. When moviegoers first sat down to watch "Apollo 13" in the summer of 1995, they already knew how the story would play out. Those old enough could remember how ...

Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died, NASA announced. He was 87. "We ...