These were the men of mission control, and during missions they all ... Astronaut Jim Lovell, who experienced nearly catastrophic problems on Apollo 13, put it another way: "the pilots ...

an explosion in an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 aborted that mission. Ingenuity and clear thinking in space and in mission control allowed the crew — Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise ...

13 Minutes to the Moon details the final ... This was the essence of mission control. The Apollo flights threw up problems with complex systems, that arose in real time, and which had to be ...

mission control personnel, and the astronauts' wives who held their collective breaths while the Apollo 13 crew raced against time to survive. "I knew the scale of the material that would be ...

If the Apollo 13 mission had then subsequently taken place ... and was assessed in a heart-pounding scrape by ground control, declaring it to be an issue that could be ignored, permitting the ...

Although down at mission control medics told the crew to try and ... As well as capturing the “personal drama and detail” of the Apollo 13 mission, Middleton says he hopes to remind a new ...

Oscar-winning drama based on the true story of the Apollo 13 space mission ... and emergency rescue efforts begin at Mission Control in Houston. With just four days to bring the astronauts ...

The odd framing and poor sun control in this shot destined it for ... entirely out of the astronauts’ reach. The Apollo IX mission test-flew the command module and lunar module together in ...

Frances "Poppy" Northcutt is a woman of many talents. A former NASA engineer and attorney, she also serves as an election judge, which she considers a privilege.

At Mission Control, guidance officer Steve Bales has ... These two will be on the infamous Apollo 13 mission in 1970. For now though at least, Houston does not have a problem to deal with.

We wanted to walk on the moon. Now let’s just get Apollo 13 back.” The Apollo 13 mission was set to land on the moon in 1970 but was unable to due to an oxygen tank rupturing during the mission.

as Mission Control work frenetically to devise a plan to get the men safely home. Based on actual events.