chuckles Jeff Lovell, whose father, Jim, is best known for commanding Nasa’s ill-fated Apollo ... film, Apollo 13, in which Lovell is played by Tom Hanks, and his crew members, Jack Swigert ...

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 ...

1970—the whole world watched as NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz led a team that worked around the clock to rescue Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise. After an explosion ...

Image enhancement techniques have shed new light on Nasa's stricken Apollo 13 mission. Imaging specialist Andy Saunders created sharp stills from low-quality 16mm film and by reprocessing original ...