Tonight on Netflix: 31-Year-Old 3.9-Rated Disaster Movie That Gripped Millions in the ’90s!

“Hello, Houston! We have a problem.”

It’s April 13, 1970, at 9:07 PM, and the Apollo 13 spacecraft, 330,000 kilometers from Earth, sends this alarming message to NASA’s control room. An explosion has just torn through the spacecraft’s first oxygen tank, and the clock is now ticking for the three astronauts aboard. Their mission has abruptly shifted from landing on the Moon to surviving and safely returning to Earth.

A Thrilling True Story

Based on the dramatic saga of the Apollo 13 mission, which turned into a desperate rescue operation due to an accident, Ron Howard’s film is one of the most gripping movies ever made about space exploration.

While we also recommend the epic “The Right Stuff” and the intense survival drama “Gravity,” if you’re in the mood for a disaster film as suspenseful as a thriller, with the kind of intensity only the 90s could deliver, then “Apollo 13” is your go-to blockbuster experience.

Weightlessness on Screen

Featuring a stellar cast including Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris, and Gary Sinise, “Apollo 13” also boasts remarkable realism. This authenticity is partly thanks to Steven Spielberg, who suggested to Ron Howard the idea of filming the weightlessness scenes inside a KC-135 aircraft, which can simulate zero-gravity for about twenty seconds by following a parabolic flight path.

Thus, some scenes where you see the actors floating inside their shuttle were filmed in this manner.

If you have a Netflix subscription and are ready to venture into the vastness of space, don’t hesitate any longer!

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(Re)discover the trailer for “Apollo 13″…