Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA's third moon-landing mission, however, it quickly turned into a near-disaster when the crew notified Mission Control with 'Houston, we've had a problem.' ...

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 ...

The Apollo 13 mission was meant to be the third lunar landing but the operation was aborted due to serious technical issues, and could have ended in disaster. The objective was to visit the Fra ...

“From then on, I put on a new vest on the first shift of every mission.” Ultimately, according to NASM curator Margaret Weitekamp, Kranz’s Apollo 13 vest would not only become a morale ...

DOOMED MISSION: THE TRUE STORY OF APOLLO 13 is also the story of the highs and lows of the Apollo Space program. In man's quest to explore distant planets, many risks had to be taken. Some lives ...