The iconic space film — based on the near-disaster of NASA's 1970 Apollo 13 human moon mission — was named part of the Library of Congress' National Film Registry on Wednesday (Dec. 13).

The Apollo Program made history with the first moon landing, but its final years were overshadowed by disaster. When Apollo 13 suffered a catastrophic failure in space, survival became the only ...

A replacement for Apollo 10 was found, but the tank was eventually used for the Apollo 13 service module. Before launch, the tank was tested and found to have dropped to 92 percent capacity.

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.' ...

It wasn’t the disaster that came to define Apollo 13. A far worse outcome occurred on January 21, 1967, when all three Apollo 1 astronauts were killed in a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test.

WHEN Marilyn Lovell’s astronaut husband, Jim, blasted off aboard Apollo 13, the world watched with anticipation as he embarked on NASA’s third mission to the moon. But disaster struck 200,000 ...

Apollo 13 never made it to the moon as it was intended, but still marked a historic flight for the space program. APOLLO 11 INSIDERS REMEMBER HISTORY'S MOST FAMOUS SPACE MISSION: ‘WE HAD A JOB ...

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 desperate fight for ...

He later orbited the moon, but in 1970 he was scrubbed from the Apollo flight after being exposed to German measles. Then, from mission control, he helped it avert disaster.

The 54 th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission – which saw the successful return of its crew back to Earth after a disaster onboard the spacecraft – occurred in mid-April. It remains one of ...

WHEN Marilyn Lovell’s astronaut husband, Jim, blasted off aboard Apollo 13, the world watched with anticipation as he embarked on NASA’s third mission to the moon. But disaster struck 200,000 ...