The Apollo 13 mission will forever be remembered as a testament to human ingenuity and the will to survive. Three NASA ...

To ensure safety, astronauts carry oxygen tanks that are carefully monitored and managed. These tanks are part of a backup system designed to provide enough oxygen during space missions. But in the ...

NASA's Apollo 13 mission, where disaster struck and an oxygen tank exploded, we take a look at some of the most harrowing space-related accidents ...

These systems make sure astronauts can work inside the spacecraft without carrying extra oxygen tanks. However, when astronauts go on spacewalks outside the spacecraft, they need special space suits.

Fifty-one years ago this month, NASA’s Apollo 13 mission would have been the agency’s third Moon landing and lunar exploration mission. A movie and several books relate the story of this challenging ...

Three astronauts, James Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swiger, were sent on humanity's third lunar landing mission but found their lives at "real risk" when their ship's oxygen tank began leaking ...

Although none of the crew got hurt, the accident underscored the difficulty and safety risks of providing astronauts with a continuous supply of oxygen throughout their time in orbit. Similar to ...

An astronaut who flew on one of NASA’s most ... and would have been the third moon landing in 1970. When an oxygen tank exploded, the crew had to abort the lunar landing and return to Earth ...

Prior to their launch, the astronaut mission was postponed when a valve anomaly was detected in the Starliner capsule’s liquid oxygen tank, disrupting the planned takeoff. The United Launch ...

Mattingly persuaded personnel at nearby Norfolk Naval Air Station to loan him a Mark IV pressure suit (the kind worn by the Mercury astronauts), an oxygen tank, and a regulator. Sinking the ...

To ensure safety, astronauts carry oxygen tanks that are carefully monitored and managed. These tanks are part of a backup system designed to provide enough oxygen during space missions.