The Hollywood Movie Was a Key to Success of Apollo 13 Rescue Mission
17 Feb, 2023
A Hollywood movie Marooned depicts three astronauts who survive an accident in space, but their lives hang in the balance as the people in Mission Control at NASA work night and day to figure out a way to bring the spacefarers home safely. NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill had watched the film only a couple of hours before he was awakened by a phone call informing him that the Apollo 13 spacecraft had suffered an accident. According to Jerry, that was actually a catalyst to the rescue of Apollo 13.