Blast Off With These Secrets About Apollo 13
13. Lovell was Neil Armstrong's backup for Apollo 11, and then he was put on the schedule for Apollo 14, but he and his crew were bumped up in line. "I went home and I told my wife, 'We're gonna go on 13, not 14,' and she said, '13?'" Lovell recalled in an interview with Astronomy magazine. "I said, 'Well, it comes after 12.' Then they put that in the movie." 14. Kathleen Quinlan (who made her movie debut in 1973's American Graffiti co-starring Howard) was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her turn as Marilyn Lovell, Jim's high...