Ron Howard is the director of the 1995 American space drama film Apollo 13. The screenplay, written by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert, is an adaptation of astronaut Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger’s ...

James Lovell was the commander of the Apollo 13 mission. The dramatic story of those astronauts returning to earth after major mechanical problems in space was made into a hit movie starring Tom Hanks ...

In this captivating clip from Apollo 13, join Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon), and Fred Haise (Bill Paxton ...

The astronauts' perilous journey back to Earth was recounted in "Apollo 13," a star-studded film released in 1995 starring Tom Hanks. To mark the Oscar-winning film's 30th anniversary, Universal ...

CHICAGO (AP) — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, ...

This image released by the National Film Registry shows, from left, Bill Paxton, Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon in a scene from the 1995 film "Apollo 13." The film has been selected for preservation in the ...

Apollo 13 - The Epic Re-Entry and Splashdown (Tom Hanks) Posted: February 8, 2026 | Last updated: February 13, 2026 Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) and his crew brace for re-entry after days of near disaster, ...

Credits: Directed by Peter Middleton, featuring Jim Lovell, Marilyn Lovell, Fred Haise, Jack Swigert, Gene Kranz and Walter Cronkite. Rating/Running time: TV-14, 98 minutes. Streaming on Netflix. On ...

Houston, we have an anniversary. Ron Howard's Apollo 13 touched down 30 years ago today, captivating audiences with its harrowing real-life tale of a 1970 flight to the moon that nearly ended in ...

Tom Hanks is paying tribute to Jim Lovell, who died Thursday at age 97. Hanks, who famously played Lovell in Apollo 13, described him in an Instagram post as the kind of person who “lead[s] others to ...

Jim Lovell, the naval aviator and mechanical engineer who is most famous for commanding the space mission Apollo 13 safely back to Earth after mechanical issues led to an aborted moon landing in 1970, ...