Movies can be an escape from daily life. Viewers can immerse themselves in an entirely fictional world or historical period. But some historical films are more accurate than others. 1995’s ...

Movies are usually ... Mission Control scrambled to find a way to make the Lunar Module support three men for 90 hours. Meanwhile, the Apollo 13 crew faced significant hardship, including limited ...

acknowledged as the creator of Mission Control, and Gene Kranz (played by Ed Harris in Ron Howard’s “Apollo 13”), who still favors military crew cuts, that effectively hit home. There’s ...

Apollo 13, which turned a routine exploration into a struggle for survival. This documentary provides an unprecedented look at the crew, ground control team, and their families' struggles through ...

One of the all-time great lines from any movie, let alone ... our own personal mission control we've compiled the most compelling facts about the making of Apollo 13. Plus, longtime space ...

Houston, we have a new reason to celebrate 1995's "Apollo 13" movie. The iconic space film ... led the Mission Control "tiger team" that adapted procedures on the fly to help the astronauts ...

The Apollo 13 mission, part of NASA’s ongoing human ... the percentage of carbon dioxide in the air. With the help of ground control, the astronauts refashioned the CO2 canisters in the command ...

"Apollo 13: Survival" distinguishes itself from earlier retellings of the mission — including the 1995 Ron Howard movie starring ... families and members of ground control.

Usually releasing new material at 12:00 a.m. PT (Pacific Time), the movie ... Apollo 13: Survival consists of interviews with important personalities from NASA's ground control team and the ...