The Apollo 13 mission is a story of tragedy averted. It only makes sense they would make a film about that event. Would it be a worthy dramatization, though? Well, we’re still talking about ...

13 Minutes to the Moon ... events in history Our road trip across America in search of the people and stories that together were the essence of the Apollo programme was a labour of pure love.

Apollo 13's commander Jim Lovell selects music on a portable tape player while Jack Swigert naps off to the right Image enhancement techniques have been used to reveal life aboard Nasa's stricken ...

But Lovell is best remembered as commander of the Apollo 13 mission, where an oxygen tank exploded two days after the launch, depleting oxygen and power inside the command module odyssey.