He and his team of NASA engineers jumped into action to help three astronauts bound for the moon. His quick thinking earned ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Robert Edwin “Ed” Smylie of Crossville, Tennessee, a Mississippi State alumnus who played a pivotal role in the Apollo 13 mission’s success, died Monday [April 21]. Born in Lincoln ...

When Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell said, "Houston, we've had a problem," it was Ed Smylie who had the solution. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor has the story after Smylie's death at 95.

It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft on its way to the moon, when Ed Smylie realized they had to do something about the carbon dioxide.

If you’ve seen Tom Hanks’ Apollo 13, you surely remember the scene where a group of guys dump a bunch of junk onto a table to ...

Elvis Smylie will pace himself in the build-up to this week’s US PGA Championship in his bid to make the cut at a golf major for the first time. Granted a special exemption to play at Quail ...

MELBOURNE, May 6 (Reuters) - Rising talent Elvis Smylie has been given a late exemption to the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow after claiming the Australasian tour order of merit in 2024-25.