No, "Apollo 13" is based on a true story. The crew survives.
Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970, 19:13:00 UTC
No, Ron Howard was not nominated for an Oscar as best director in Apollo 13. See related links for details.
Apollo 13 (starring Tom Hanks, "Houston, we have a problem.")
There were 6 Apollo missions which successfully landed astronauts on the moon. Between July 1969 and December 1972. See related link. Apollo 13 (April 1970) had a malfunction and was unable to land on the moon. See related link.
Apollo 13 was not a shuttle, as it was not reusable.
the NASA Apollo 13 mission to the Moon
Nobody died on the Apollo 13 mission by NASA.
NASA launched Apollo 13 on April 11, 1970.
NASA did not build Apollo 13. Apollo 13 was one of NASA's manned space missions in the Apollo program, where astronauts James Lovell, John Swigert, and Fred Haise were aboard. NASA-built contractors, like North American Aviation, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, and Boeing, constructed the components of the Apollo spacecraft, which included the command module, service module, and lunar module used in the mission.
Apollo 13.
James Lovell was not assigned as the commander of Apollo 13 because he had already commanded Apollo 8 and NASA wanted to rotate commanders for each mission. NASA decided to assign Alan Shepard, who was scheduled to command Apollo 13, to Apollo 14, and Lovell was selected as the commander of Apollo 13 as a replacement.
No, Apollo 13 was a real-life mission by NASA that took place in 1970. It was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program.
NASA swings Apollo 13 around the Moon to return it to Earth.
That failure is not an option!
Houston, Texas.
Apollo 13 is one