<P> While planning the film , director Ron Howard decided that every shot of the film would be original and that no mission footage would be used . The spacecraft interiors were constructed by the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center 's Space Works , which also restored the Apollo 13 Command Module . Two individual Lunar Modules and two Command Modules were constructed for filming . While each was a replica , composed of some of the original Apollo materials , they were built so that different sections were removable , which enabled filming to take place inside the capsules . Space Works also built modified Command and Lunar Modules for filming inside a Boeing KC - 135 reduced - gravity aircraft , and the pressure suits worn by the actors , which are exact reproductions of those worn by the Apollo astronauts , right down to the detail of being airtight . When the actors put the suits on with their helmets locked in place , air was pumped into the suits to cool them down and allow them to breathe , exactly as in launch preparations for the real Apollo missions . </P>
<P> While planning the film , director Ron Howard decided that every shot of the film would be original and that no mission footage would be used . The spacecraft interiors were constructed by the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center 's Space Works , which also restored the Apollo 13 Command Module . Two individual Lunar Modules and two Command Modules were constructed for filming . While each was a replica , composed of some of the original Apollo materials , they were built so that different sections were removable , which enabled filming to take place inside the capsules . Space Works also built modified Command and Lunar Modules for filming inside a Boeing KC - 135 reduced - gravity aircraft , and the pressure suits worn by the actors , which are exact reproductions of those worn by the Apollo astronauts , right down to the detail of being airtight . When the actors put the suits on with their helmets locked in place , air was pumped into the suits to cool them down and allow them to breathe , exactly as in launch preparations for the real Apollo missions . </P>
how did they do the zero gravity scenes in apollo 13
how did they do the zero gravity scenes in apollo 13
Boeing KC - 135 reduced - gravity aircraft
Boeing KC - 135 reduced - gravity aircraft