Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13

Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13

April 1970. The glory days of the Apollo space program. NASA send Commander Jim Lovell and two other astronauts on America's fifth mission to the moon.

Only fifty-five hours into the flight, disaster s…

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