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Which 1995 film, directed by former child star Ron Howard, dramatizes NASA's near-disastrous lunar mission?
Answer
Apollo 13
Ron Howard, who began his career as a child actor on 'The Andy Griffith Show', directed 'Apollo 13' (1995), which chronicles the real 1970 mission that was aborted after an oxygen tank explosion.
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Ron Howard directed Apollo 13 after playing Opie on The Andy Griffith Show, becoming one of cinema's most reliable blockbuster directors.
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- The Right Stuff
- Contact
- Gravity
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- directors
- nasa
- 1990s
- space-films
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