Apollo 13: Lost Moon
Author: Jim Lovell
In April of 1970, during NASA’s fifth mission to the moon, Jim Lovell and his fellow Apollo 13 astronauts found their craft crippled by a mysterious explosion. The authors detail the harrowing and heroic four day rescue. Now a major motion picture from Universal Pictures coming June 30, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon…..Read More
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