He and his NASA colleagues were credited with jury-rigging a carbon dioxide filter that allowed the astronauts to breathe as ...

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

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

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.

Robert “Ed” Smylie, died April 21 in Crossville, Tennessee. He was 95. Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who led a team of engineers that cobbled together an apparatus made of ...

It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft on its way to the moon, when Ed Smylie realized they had to do something about the carbon dioxide.

Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who led a team of engineers that cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape that saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970 after ...

It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft on its way to the moon, when Ed Smylie realized they had to do something about the carbon dioxide.

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 ...