Netflix unveiled the official trailer for Apollo 13: Survival, a new documentary retelling the story one of the greatest crisis in space exploration history, the accident of Apollo 13. The documentary features rare access to archival footage, audio recordings from the mission, and interviews with the crew, ground control teams, and the astronauts’ families.
The film had its world premiere at the CPH:DOX and its US premiere at the DC/DOX Documentary Film Festival.
Release Date
Directed by Peter Middleton, ‘Apollo 13: Survival’ streams on Netflix on September 5, 2024.
Synopsis
‘Apollo Thirteen: Survival’ is a cinematic re-telling of an iconic space story. In April 1970, NASA faced the greatest crisis in its history; three astronauts halfway to the moon on a spacecraft that had suffered a catastrophic explosion.
Reviews
Jeff Foust in a The Space Review praised the documentary, writing, “The film manages a dramatic pacing of events through the mission, even though the viewer knows the ultimate outcome, from the service module explosion enroute to the Moon to the various efforts to keep the crew alive and bring them back to Earth.”
Official Trailer
Watch the official trailer for ‘Apollo 13: Survival’.