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What Ron Howard, Tom Hanks Said About Working With Jim Lovell on 'Apollo 13'
Famed NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, who died at the age of 97 on Thursday, played a role in the making of the hit movie Apollo 13 that chronicled the mission where Lovell served as commander. The 1970 mission was considered a "successful failure" after the spacecraft experienced an oxygen tank
The 'Apollo 13' director celebrated the real-life astronaut's 'intellect, courage and commitment to duty' after his death.
Apollo 13' recounts the real-life events of April 1970, when NASA’s third planned mission to the Moon turned into a battle for survival.
Decades later, that harrowing mission served as the basis of Ron Howard's 1995 sci-fi drama Apollo 13, starring Tom Hanks as ...
Apollo 13, Ron Howard's docudrama about a disastrous mission to the moon, turns 30 this month. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton led the cast, each playing the real-life astronauts who ...
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