ADVISORY/SPACE.com to Feature Special Report On Apollo 13 30th Anniversary; Exclusive Interviews with Tom Hanks and Gene Krantz, Live Chat with Fred Haise.Business/Technology & Entertainment Editors ADVISORY...for Tuesday (April 11) --(BUSINESS WIRE) SPACE.com will highlight the Apollo 13 30th Anniversary beginning Tuesday, April 11th. Special coverage of the anniversary will include: -- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TOM HANKS Noun 1. Tom Hanks - United States film actor (born in 1956) Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks , the producer/actor who popularized the APOLLO 13 mission for a new generation, with the HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy mini series "A Man on the Moon." Hanks shares his thoughts on the film and the anniversary. -- LIVE CHAT WITH FRED HAISE Fred Wallace Haise, Jr.born November 14 1933 is a former NASA astronaut. Haise was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. He attended Biloxi High School and Perkinston Junior College now called Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. , Apollo 13 Astronaut, on Tuesday, April 11 at 8:00 p.m. at SPACE.com (www.space.com). Haise flew as the Lunar Module Pilot on the aborted Apollo 13 lunar mission. -- INTERVIEW WITH GENE KRANZ, former NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. flight director, who led the team that brought the Apollo 13 astronauts home. Kranz shares his recollections with Andrew Chaikin
Andrew Chaikin is an author, speaker and space journalist. He currently lives in Vermont. , SPACE.com Executive Editor Space & Science and acclaimed author of "A Man on the Moon." Other special report highlights include an Apollo 13 Mission Photo Gallery, recollections from the people who were there, video and audio clips from the mission, a step-by-step account of the dramatic rescue and more. SPACE.com SPACE.com is the definitive space site on the Web, offering the richest and most compelling content, featuring news, information, education, entertainment, games and science fiction. SPACE.com is headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with news bureaus in Cape Canaveral, Houston, Pasadena and Washington, D.C. |
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