Apollo 13
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Apollo 13 was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and would have been the third Moon landing. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the landing was
Odyssey's damaged service module, as seen from the Apollo Lunar Module Aquarius, hours before reentry
Left to right: Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, Fred HaiseApollo program← Apollo 12Apollo 14 →
Swigert, Lovell and Haise the day before launch.
Mission Operations Control Room during the TV broadcast just before the Apollo 13 accident. Astronaut Fred Haise is shown on the screen.
Apollo 13 (film)
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Apollo 13 is a 1995 American docudrama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan. The screenplay by William Broyles Jr.
Apollo 13
…combustible items inside the tank; this was done for Apollo 14. The story of Apollo 13 has been dramatized several times, most notably in the 1995 film Apollo 13 (based on Lost Moon, the 1994 memoir co-authored by Lovell) and an episode of the 1998 miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. On May 25, 1961, U.S…
Theatrical release poster
Ron Howard (right) with Tom Hanks (left) and the production crew during filming at the KSC in December 1994
Apollo 13 Command Module prop from the film.
Tom Hanks 2016