The year Apollo 13 was released: 1995

The historical circumstances in the film are not unlike the actual events surrounding the 1970 incident. Nothing contradicts what really happened. Though it was dramatized to a certain point, such as the explosion the movie shows the craft going out of control for a while, with Tom Hanks and the gang fighting to regain control, prompting the famous "Houston, we have a problem" line. In reality, when the small explosion happened, all was calm. In fact, the crew wasn't sure if it was even something to worry about, until they looked outside and saw that they were venting something. That's when the famous line was spoken , but compared to most movies it was very accurate. The filmmakers have kept

Lastly a significant detail that is the same in the movie as it was in real life was the news footage, the news showing the drama unfold as it was happening in space is actually real news footage from America. The movie began with President John F. Kennedy's historic challenge to put a man on the moon by 1970. It also showed footage of Apollo 11 landing on the moon, and the tragic events of a previous mission when astronauts were killed in a fire. This helps hold the historical detail and show what people were thinking about space travel at that time.

Another detail the movie got right according to photographs taken of the astronughts is the fact that they did not wear their space suits while freezing cold after the explosion, coming back to earth. This is because the sweat would of built up and caused them to be even colder.

Another circumstance film makers tried to keep the same is the dialogue between the astronauts and NASA, including the

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