He and his team of NASA engineers jumped into action to help three astronauts bound for the moon. His quick thinking earned ...

Ed Smylie, the NASA engineer who helped save the lives of the Apollo 13 crew, has died at 95. In dramatic moments made famous ...

Ed Smylie, who became a quiet hero of the space age in 1970 when he and his fellow NASA engineers jury-rigged an air filter that kept the three Apollo 13 astronauts alive after an onboard ...

When NASA astronauts on Apollo 13 failed in their attempt to land on the moon, NASA engineers were successful in bringing ...

After the triumph of Apollo 11, the Apollo Program faced fading support and a life-threatening crisis aboard Apollo 13. This is the story of survival and resilience.

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Kontaratos was one of the unsung heroes of NASA, as he was the engineer responsible for helping save the crew of the Apollo ...

Smylie always played down his ingenuity and his role in saving the Apollo 13 crew. "It was pretty straightforward, even though we got a lot of publicity for it and Nixon even mentioned our names ...

Ed Smylie, who has died aged 95, was an American engineer who led the team at Nasa which saved the imperiled crew of the ...

TECO workers jumped into action, providing one of their bucket trucks, so volunteers could retrieve the bird and safely ...