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When Apollo 13 Went Dark, a Mechanical Wrist watch Saved the Mission. After an explosion crippled their spacecraft, the crew ...

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 ...

Students at Swigert International School in Central Park and McAuliffe International School in Park Hill recently planted trees with an extraordinary journey written into their roots. The young ...

The filmmaker's Oscar-winning drama tells the harrowing story of NASA's aborted 1970 lunar mission Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Ron Howard opened up about ...

At a West Point Rotary talk, longtime Scout leader Edmund Glover recalls meeting Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell and reflects on decades of Scouting service and change. The 1994 movie “Apollo 13” has ...

Jim (Tom Hanks), Fred (Bill Paxton) and Jack (Kevin Bacon) prepare to dock with the lunar module. #apollo13 #tomhanks #billpaxton #kevinbacon Get your Critic Pick! Watch Apollo 13 Here: Stranded ...

On April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 returned to Earth after narrowly avoiding a deadly disaster in space. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] This was supposed to be the third mission to land ...