APOLLO 13 (WIDE SCREEN) (DVD)

It had been less than a year since man first walked on the moon, but as far as the American public were concerned, Apollo 13 was just another 'routine' space flight - until these word pierced the immense voice of space: 'Houston, we have a problem'. Standard 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time - and the odds - to bring them home. It's a breathtaking adventure that tells the story of courage, faith and ingenuity that is all the more remarkable because it is true!