Apollo 13 Space Mission Disaster (Hour by Hour) Houston, we have a problem! On April 13, 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft suffered a catastrophic explosion that left the three astronauts stranded in ...

Many don’t remember the details of the event, but everyone has heard the phrase: “Houston, we have a problem!” It was uttered on April 13, 1970, during the Apollo XIII space mission, following the ...

Apollo 13 became NASA’s most famous survival crisis after an oxygen tank explosion crippled the mission on the way to the Moon. Power loss, improvised engineering, and precise decision-making turned a ...