A routine oxygen tank stir becomes a devastating explosion that tears through Apollo 13's service module, Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) delivering the understated yet chilling report that will become ...

However, shortly after the broadcast ended, an uneventful flight turned into a drama worthy of Homer. An explosion caused the loss of power, oxygen and water in the command module. The astronauts ...

The Apollo 13 mission was to land on the moon for a third, but it soon turned into a rescue mission. An oxygen tank exploded aboard the spacecraft, causing both the crew on board and ground control to ...

This story originally posted Sept. 17, 2016. It is being republished as part of the Chronicle's 125 series. By the time Apollo 13 launched in April 1970, Americans already had walked on the moon twice ...