For the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, April 11-17, NASA has set up a website that allows spaceflight enthusiasts to experience the entire six-day mission in real-time, complete with video ...

"Houston, we have a problem." But the problem that drives the action in Apollo 13 was a real life-or-death turn of events for the three astronauts onboard. And the inherent suspense in how their ...

Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton led the cast, each playing the real-life astronauts who manned the mission. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including two acting nominations for ...

Houston ... we have an IMAX release. More than 55 years ago, three NASA astronauts had to abort their mission to the moon after a life-threatening malfunction aboard ...

"Gentlemen, let's go home..." Universal has unveiled a brand new official trailer for the re-release of Apollo 13, celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year. Directed by Ron Howard, this masterpiece ...

"Houston, we have a problem." This is easily one of my all-time favorite space movies. Ron Howard's docu-drama thriller Apollo 13 first opened in theaters in the summer of 1995, celebrating its 29th ...

Ron Howard Honors Real-Life 'Apollo 13' Hero After Death originally appeared on Parade. Legendary actor and director Ron Howard, 71, paid a heartfelt tribute to the real-life hero behind his ...

Tom Hanks is honoring the real-life hero that he once portrayed in a popular, Oscar-winning film. After the death of astronaut Jim Lovell was announced on Friday, Hanks shared a poignant social media ...

Jim Lovell, an astronaut best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, has died. He was 97. NASA announced his death Friday and included this statement from his family: “We are enormously ...

The real problem, however, is that it's completely wrong. Astronaut Jim Lovell, who uttered the famous line, died on Thursday at the age of 97. It's worth taking a minute to correct this part of ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

“God speed you, on this next voyage,” said Hanks of the NASA commander he played back in 1995 Tom Hanks posted a tribute on social media to James Lovell, who died on Aug. 7 Lovell was a NASA astronaut ...