In April 1970, Apollo 13 was headed to the moon when disaster struck. A critical failure crippled the spacecraft’s systems.

The naval aviator turned astronaut led the mission, guiding it safely back to Earth after it went perilously wrong.

Fred Haise was part of the crew of Apollo 13 that narrowly avoided disaster in 1970 after an on-board explosion caused the mission to be aborted when the craft was more than 200,000 miles (321,000km) ...

After the triumph of Apollo 11, NASA faced its darkest hour. A deadly malfunction left Apollo 13 spiraling toward catastrophe.

Jim Lovell, the commander of the famed Apollo 13 mission, has died, according to NASA. He was 97.

Celebrate the anniversary with this look back at the Apollo program, from the tragedy of the Apollo 1 disaster to the thrill of lunar exploration ...

Lovell commanded the mission that almost ended in disaster after an explosion that threatened the crew's oxygen and ...

US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the age of 97, NASA announced Friday. Launched ...

Lovell was a veteran of four spaceflights, including Apollo 13, during which he and his crewmates famously averted disaster.