The documentary film, Apollo 13: The True Story, tells the remarkable story of how a failed space mission to the moon turned into one of NASA's greatest triumphs.  Space exploration has always been a risky business.  From NASA's inception in the late 1950s, their history has been filled with both monumental achievements and heart-breaking failures.  While the Apollo 1 launch-pad fire in 1967 and the subsequent Space Shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986 were examples of NASA failures, the Apollo 13 mission became an example of how a dedicated team of engineers, pilots and scientists could turn what started out as an unmitigated disaster into one of NASA's crowning achievements.  On April 11th, 1970, Apollo 13 carrying three astronauts, lifted off from Cape Kennedy on its mission to the moon.  On April 13th, oxygen tank number two exploded, leaving the crew with a 2-day supply of oxygen while still at least four days from Earth.  NASA's mission control quickly wrote off the planned mission to the moon but the Apollo 13 crew still needed to safely return to Earth in spite of seemingly impossible odds.  "Apollo 13: The True Story" tells this amazing tale of human triumph with the use of actual NASA film footage from the spacecraft and mission control.  Full screen in color.  Released in 1995.  Runtime 45 minutes.