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Describes what it was like to be an astronaut on the "unlucky" 1970 Apollo 13 mission to the moon.

Recounts tales of triumph and of trajedy in outer space, including the Apollo missions, the first space walk, the Challenger disaster, and more.

From the prairies of Saskatchewan to a Manhattan skyscraper, explore the 21st century's cutting-edge green technologies taking on our most daunting environmental crisis, from global warming and deforestation to nuclear waste and resource scarcity.

"April 13, 1970: Two hundred thousand miles from Earth and counting, an explosion rips through Jim Lovell's spacecraft.

Presents the story of the Apollo 13 mission and how they survived an explosion on the spacecraft.

A true story. Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive.

Chronicles the flight of the Apollo 13 lunar flight during which NASA astronauts and engineers had to abort their mission and struggled to return the spacecraft safely to Earth after an explosion onboard.

Explores the shocking survival story of the Apollo 13 spacecraft and her crew.

"Introduces readers to the skills and technology that came together to help bring the Apollo 13 crew home after the command module was knocked out two days into the mission"--Provided by publisher.

". . . tells the story of the Apollo 13 mission in 1970. It was the seventh manned mission in the Apollo space program and the third that was meant to land onthe Moon.