North American premiere of "Apollo Thirteen: Survival" presented in partnership with DC/DOX Film Festival

  1. Saturday, June 15, 2024
  2. 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm
  3. William G. McGowan Theater, Washington, DC
  4. The new Netflix documentary Apollo Thirteen: Survival is an archival footage–led retelling of the most iconic crisis in spaceflight history. In April 1970, a catastrophic explosion left three astronauts stranded halfway to the Moon. What unfolded over the next four days was a rescue mission like no other, a life-or-death drama broadcast in real time to the watching world. (2024; 97 mins.)

    Filmmaker Peter Middleton will introduce the film. Following the screening, Teasel Muir-Harmony, Curator of the Apollo Collection, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, will moderate a discussion with Susan Lovell, daughter of astronaut Jim Lovell.