Apollo 13 was NASA's third moon-landing mission, but the astronauts never made it to the lunar surface. During the mission's dramatic series of events, an oxygen tank explosion almost 56 hours ...

He and his NASA colleagues were credited with jury-rigging a carbon dioxide filter that allowed the astronauts to breathe as ...

Experience the heart-pounding drama of Apollo 13, NASA's most harrowing mission. Follow the heroic astronauts as they battle ...

Bettmann/Getty Apollo 13 stands as one of NASA's most monumental and near-fatal space missions decades after the event. Launched in 1970, what was meant to be the third moon landing became a ...

He and his team of NASA engineers jumped into action to help three astronauts bound for the moon. His quick thinking earned ...

When NASA astronauts on Apollo 13 failed in their attempt to land on the moon, NASA engineers were successful in bringing ...

Kontaratos was one of the unsung heroes of NASA, as he was the engineer responsible for helping save the crew of the Apollo ...

An astronaut who flew on one of NASA’s most famous missions to the moon chatted with elementary students at Immaculate Conception Catholic Schools Monday and answered their questions via Zoom.

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Robert Edwin “Ed” Smylie of Crossville, Tennessee, a Mississippi State alumnus who played a pivotal role in the Apollo 13 mission’s success, died Monday [April 21]. Born in Lincoln ...

Apollo 13 stands as one of NASA's most monumental and near-fatal space missions decades after the event. The latter offers a fresh look at the mission’s harrowing events, using archival material ...

“From the Apollo 13 mission to the broken basement pipe,” she wrote, “duct tape is there.” ...