The Montana Standard

Apollo 13 astronauts and flight controllers reflect on a 'successful failure'

On the evening of April 13, 50 years ago, NASA astronauts James Lovell Jr., John Swigert Jr. and Fred Haise Jr. were about to go to sleep for the night in the Apollo 13 command module. They were about ...
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Ken Mattingly, astronaut who helped Apollo 13 crew return safely home, dies at age 87

FILE - Apollo 13 Command Module Pilot, Thomas Kenneth Mattingly, center, speaks with guests during GlobalSpec's presentation of a Great Moments In Engineering Award at Space Center Houston, April 19, ...