"They very easily could have bounced off into space and become a floating museum..."

    -- Gary Sinise, on the real Apollo 13 mission

     
    Synopsis: The third lunar landing mission was underway. People were bored. Flights to the moon were now "routine". Without warning, during a simple, daily procedure, an explosion...electrical power dies...and 3 astronauts are 200,000 miles and 4 days from home. Can Mission Control beat the odds and bring them home safely?

    Gary Sinise plays Ken Mattingly, a rookie astronaut slated to be on the ill-fated mission. Scrubbed two days before launch after exposure to the measles, he now works with the engineers in Mission Control to bring his former crewmates home.

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