Brad Pitt broke away from his heartthrob image by rejecting Apollo 13 for David Fincher’s dark thriller Seven, redefining his ...

Those who planned, ran and piloted the Apollo Program will be venerated Saturday at the San Diego Air & Space Museum for the ...

Ed Smylie, the NASA engineer who helped save the lives of the Apollo 13 crew, has died at 95. In dramatic moments made famous ...

He and his team of NASA engineers jumped into action to help three astronauts bound for the moon. His quick thinking earned ...

Ed Smylie, who became a quiet hero of the space age in 1970 when he and his fellow NASA engineers jury-rigged an air filter that kept the three Apollo 13 astronauts alive after an onboard ...

When NASA astronauts on Apollo 13 failed in their attempt to land on the moon, NASA engineers were successful in bringing ...

Discover Tom Hanks’ most powerful performances in movies based on true stories, from Bridge of Spies to Apollo 13. Explore ...

Kontaratos was one of the unsung heroes of NASA, as he was the engineer responsible for helping save the crew of the Apollo ...

Smylie always played down his ingenuity and his role in saving the Apollo 13 crew. "It was pretty straightforward, even though we got a lot of publicity for it and Nixon even mentioned our names ...

When Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell said, "Houston, we've had a problem," it was Ed Smylie who had the solution. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor has the story after Smylie's death at 95. House ...