Ron Howard wanted Apollo 13 (1995) to feel less like a Hollywood version of the space program and more like something ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. And you've all watched Kevin Bacon portraying command module pilot Jack Swigert in the movie as he flipped a switch that stirred ...

Apollo 13: Survival (now on Netflix) tells a story so many of us already know, albeit in a new, vital manner. Ron Howard’s 1995 nine-times Oscar-nominated Tom Hanks vehicle Apollo 13 rather famously ...

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 ...

Apollo 13 faced real issues in liftoff, including engine failure, but the film took some liberties for dramatic effect. NASA's response to the Apollo 13 crisis was methodical, not chaotic like in the ...