The crew will travel more than 252,000 miles from Earth – a distance record for humans – before hanging a U-turn behind the moon and heading home.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But the problem that drives the action in Apollo 13 was a real life-or-death turn of events for the three astronauts onboard. And the inherent suspense in how their pile-up of seemingly ...

Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA’s third crewed mission to the surface of the moon, but nearly 56 hours into the flight, command module pilot John “Jack” Swigert radioed a troubling message to Mission Control: "OK, Houston, we've had a problem.

The Artemis II mission is now in one of the most highly anticipated stages, where the crew is traveling more than half the way towards the Moon. Accor.

Tom Hanks reacted right after Artemis II launched into space. The actor, long linked with Apollo 13, shared his support for the astronauts heading toward the Moon. Tom Hanks shares post about Artemis