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The so-called "right stuff" manifests rather differently in "Apollo 13". Sure, this generation of astronauts knows the final ...
The way Ron explained it to me when we started was, 'Look, I'm not making a documentary. I'm making an entertaining movie ...
Lovell was played by Tom Hanks in the movie that was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. "Apollo 13," ...
Russell “Rusty” Schweickart was among the first astronauts in space and the first to pilot the lunar module during the Apollo ...
The Apollo spacecraft was designed to carry astronauts to the Moon and back, with two key components: the Command/Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM). In this video, we’ll explore how each ...
Apollo 13, Ron Howard's docudrama about a disastrous mission to the moon, turns 30 this month. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and ...
Water’s my jam.” Dituri did apply to be an astronaut in 2024; he never heard back. Although he meets current qualifications, ...
On Ron Howard's 'Apollo 13,' Tom Hanks' space nerd credentials made him a guiding force for the other actors in striving for ...
Visiting Space Coast, Florida? Tourists may want to see a launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral, an hour ...
Apollo 11's flag raising on the ancient lunar surface took all of 10 minutes during Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's ...
In January 1989, Massachusetts state trooper Andrew Palombo heard a strange complaint at Logan airport. A worker said a NASA ...
In this week’s edition of Science for All, Priyali Prakash explains how lunar dust simulants affect human lungs.