Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA’s third crewed mission to the surface of the moon, but nearly 56 hours into the flight, command module pilot John “Jack” Swigert radioed a troubling message to ...

The safe return of the Apollo 13 astronauts after their lunar landing mission encountered technical difficulties, 17th April 1970. From left to right, Lunar Module pilot Fred W. Haise, Mission ...

After traveling deeper into space than any other humans, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their moonship toward home Monday night, wrapping up a lunar cruise that revealed views of the far side never ...

James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA ...

HOUSTON (AP) — With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts sailed into their lunar flyby Monday, taking in magnificent views of the far side never before witnessed while setting ...

The astronauts' perilous journey back to Earth was recounted in "Apollo 13," a star-studded film released in 1995 starring Tom Hanks. To mark the Oscar-winning film's 30th anniversary, Universal ...