Three times during the space race, NASA nearly lost a capsule and its crew ... space-race disaster was in April 1970, when one of Apollo 13’s oxygen tanks exploded, leaving three astronauts ...

Because of the pressure of the fire, and the fact that the spacecraft's ... in an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 aborted that mission. Ingenuity and clear thinking in space and in mission control ...

There’s an Apollo module on display in Michigan and its cold-war backstory is even more interesting than its space ... front entrance. Right now it’s being used as a different kind of capsule ...

Fifty-one years ago this month, NASA’s Apollo 13 mission would have been the agency’s third Moon landing and lunar exploration mission. A movie and several books relate the story of this challenging ...

Apollo 13 was supposed ... the spacecraft. With limited power, rising carbon dioxide, and no clear plan, three astronauts were left fighting for survival in the vacuum of space.

On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on the third U.S. moon-landing mission.

November 3: Sputnik 2 carries Laika, a female dog, into space ... spacecraft that had landed on the moon in April 1967. April 11-17: En route to the moon, oxygen tanks explode on Apollo 13's ...

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.

"Survival" exists as a time capsule and compelling ... A grand oasis in the vastness of space." Currently streaming exclusively on Netflix, "Apollo 13: Survival" is an impressive achievement ...