Critic Picks Movies on MSN

The Apollo crew docks with the lunar module Apollo 13

Jim (Tom Hanks), Fred (Bill Paxton) and Jack (Kevin Bacon) prepare to dock with the lunar module. #apollo13 #tomhanks ...
Hosted on MSN

OTD in space - March 3: Apollo 9 launches 1st test flight of lunar module

On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first crewed test flight of NASA’s lunar module, which astronauts later used to land on the moon. Astronauts James McDivitt, David Scott and ...

This day in 1970: How Apollo 13 turned a lunar mission into a legendary survival story

For the first time in more than 50 years, humans are once again venturing to the Moon. Nasa’s Artemis program had sent four ...
Space Coast Daily

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Apollo 13 Splashes Down in South Pacific 56 Years Ago

Splashdown occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 1:07 p.m. April 17, after a flight that lasted five days, 22 hours and 54 minutes ...

Put it in pencil: NASA’s Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told lawmakers on Monday that SpaceX and Blue Origin, the agency’s two lunar lander ...
The New York Times

What They Were Thinking

Inside mission control during the dramatic rescue of Apollo 13. On April 17, 1970, the command module for the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down into the Pacific Ocean near the Samoan Islands with ...

What’s next after Artemis moon flyby? NASA already has plans for the next flight

The docking mechanism for Artemis III’s close-to-home trial run is already at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. The latest ...

Return to Earth: At this Kansas space museum, I came in search of what we had nearly lost.

Stare into the open hatch of Odyssey, the scarred Apollo 13 command module in which three American astronauts made their ...