Apollo 13 was slated to be the third landing on the moon after Apollo 8 (1968) and Apollo 12 (1969). Launched on April 11, ...
WHEN Marilyn Lovell’s astronaut husband, Jim, blasted off aboard Apollo 13, the world watched with anticipation as he ...
Swigert, the 38-year-old command module pilot ... A NASA picture shows astronaut Fred Haise, working inside the Apollo 13 lunar module after the explosion of the ship’s oxygen tanksCredit ...
and Apollo 12 (1969). Launched on April 11, 1970, the crew was led by commander Lovell, along with command module pilot Jack Swigert and lunar module pilot Fred Haise. Before the mission ...
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We open with a title card stating that Middleton enjoyed “rare access” to complete NASA archival footage of the Apollo 13 ...
The famed Apollo 13 rescue has been the focus of several movies, including a new Netflix documentary. Not all the films have ...
Borman was joined on the mission by two other astronauts: Jim Lovell, who was the command module pilot, and Bill Anders, who had the title of lunar module pilot. NASA had intended for Apollo 8 to ...