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Apollo 13 launches into space | Apollo 13

Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton), and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) experience the raw, earth-shaking power of the Saturn V rocket as they blast off from Cape Canaveral. Get your Playback ...
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The astronauts make it back to Earth | Apollo 13

Against all odds, Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) and his crew survive a harrowing atmospheric re-entry, emerging from a terrifyingly ...
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The explosion that turned Apollo 13 into a rescue mission

In April 1970, the Apollo 13 mission was supposed to be another routine journey to the Moon. Instead, it became one of the most dramatic survival stories in the history of space exploration. Two days ...