On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft launched with astronauts Jack Swigert, 38, Jim Lovell, 42, and Fred Haise, 36. Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA’s third moon-landing mission, howe… ...

Being trapped in a severely damaged space ship a quarter million miles from home while hurtling away from Earth at 3,000 miles an hour is an undeniably harrowing experience. But for two astronauts … ...

On the Apollo 8 mission patch, a large red eight loops around the Earth in the foreground and the moon in the background. The design is a succinct ...

Some high-profile items from America's space program, including a signed mission checklist for NASA's infamously unlucky Apollo 13 moon mission, will be auctioned off to the highest bidder by ...

Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but it was too late. The Apollo 11 crew had a design for the first moon landing. Armstrong's ...

The mission patch of Apollo 13 says, Ex Luna, scientia - which translated means "From the Moon, knowledge." (Image: NASA ) It is one of only two Apollo mission patches which don't have the name of ...

Launched in time for the start of the historic mission's 45th anniversary, UK-based Minifigs.me has introduced a new set of four minifigures replicating the Apollo 13 crew and their flight director.

Here's everything to know about NASA's 1970 space mission Apollo 13, including its purpose, what went wrong, if the crew survived and more.