The first stage of the rocket that Firefly was prepping to make Alpha's seventh-ever flight exploded on Monday (Sept. 29) during a preflight trial.

Houston, we have a problem.” — and director Ron Howard had a few of them himself shooting his riveting, reality-based 1995 classic, Apollo 13 … beginning with that famous misquote. In the film, Tom ...

What really happened on Apollo 13? In April 1970, three astronauts were headed to the Moon when a deadly oxygen tank explosion turned their mission into a fight for survival. With systems failing and ...

Ron Howard and his crew — including Tom Hanks, Brian Grazer, Ed Harris, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Kathleen Quinlan and Clint Howard — reveal how they found the right stuff to capture NASA's finest ...

Director Ron Howard's 1995 space rescue thriller lives on with a special anniversary edition for one week only starting Sept. 19.

Astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise (played by Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton, respectively) were forced to chart a return home following an explosion as the crew on the ground ...

A gas truck explosion that generated a “shock wave” in Mexico City on Wednesday killed at least six people and left 90 injured, according to the city’s government. Those who were injured were taken to ...

MEXICO CITY -- Families clustered outside hospitals awaiting word of their loved ones Thursday after the crash and explosion of a tanker truck a day earlier on a Mexico City highway that killed at ...

A gas tanker truck exploded and burned multiple vehicles under a Mexico City highway overpass on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring 70 others, some with their entire bodies charred and ...

Luka Doncic’s EuroBasket 2025 run came to an emotional end after Slovenia was knocked out in the quarterfinals. Slovenia advanced past Italy with an 84-77 win in the Round of 16. Doncic showcased not ...

Local police and firefighters were dispatched to Palm Springs High School in response to an explosion reported Thursday morning, but their investigation found the sound came from a vehicle backfiring.