Following the historic year of 1969 that saw two successful Moon landings, 1970 opened on a more sober note. Ever-tightening ...

an explosion in the service module allowed some of the spacecraft's oxygen to leak out into space. From disaster to triumph Nasa's finest hour? One family's agony and triumph Apollo 13 ...

The short answer to the question is no: NASA does not issue suicide capsules. However, the first cosmonaut to conduct a ...

Because of the pressure of the fire, and the fact that the spacecraft's ... in an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 aborted that mission. Ingenuity and clear thinking in space and in mission control ...

Will their damaged spacecraft even get them home ... comes the incredible story of Apollo 13, as told by the astronauts in space and the teams on the ground that battled to prevent disaster.

Three times during the space race, NASA nearly lost a capsule and its crew ... space-race disaster was in April 1970, when one of Apollo 13’s oxygen tanks exploded, leaving three astronauts ...

Without an atmosphere, it’s a time capsule. The Apollo astronauts ... as the crew of Apollo 13 did — and is a natural place to practice how to sustainably live in deep space.