Based on the events of the Apollo 13 lunar mission, Ron Howard’s inspiring and riveting story of the real-life space flight that gripped a nation was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. 

Astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton), and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) find everything going according to plan after leaving Earth’s orbit; however, when an oxygen tank explodes, the scheduled moon landing is called off. Subsequent tensions within the crew and numerous technical problems threaten both the astronauts’ survival and their safe return to Earth.