Woman's Own

The world’s greatest rescues

Fifty years ago, one of the most shocking and compelling rescue missions ever seen was carried out on a global stage as NASA experts desperately tried to bring three crew trapped aboard the ailing spacecraft Apollo 13 back to Earth, and back to their families.

The epic events were made into Oscar-winning film Apollo 13, and since then several other tales of survival have captured the world’s attention. Woman’s Own investigates these incredible stories of friendship and human endurance, and examines the lengths people

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