It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft on its way to the moon, when Ed Smylie realized they had to do something about the carbon dioxide.

The Apollo 13 mission ... tank 2 blew up. Swigert relayed a message to Mission Control: “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” The flight controller (CAPCOM) Jack Lousma in Houston ...

Movies based on true stories are much more heart-touching than the fictional ones. The fact that these events have taken ...

He remains in prison today.) Advertisement In 1970, Apollo 13 astronauts James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise and Jack Swigert splashed down safely in the Pacific, four days after a ruptured oxygen tank ...

JFK, Oliver Stone’s conspiracy-laden, controversial movie about the assassination ... In 1995, he played Jack Swigert, one of the stranded astronauts in Ron Howard’s Apollo 13. Though he didn’t ...

After that dismal experience, Pitt was given a choice between two movies, and he knew which one he wanted to pick. Instead of agreeing to play Jim Swigert in Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 – a role eventually ...

He remains in prison today.) In 1970, Apollo 13 astronauts James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise and Jack Swigert splashed down safely in the Pacific, four days after a ruptured oxygen tank crippled ...

And to cap off his career, this guardian of the galaxy improvised one of the most daring recoveries in the annals of avia­tion during 1970’s Apollo 13 disaster. The mission was fifty-five hours ...