Jim Lovell, an astronaut best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, has died. He was 97. NASA announced his death Friday and included this statement from his family: “We are enormously ...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KSNW) — The Cosmosphere is paying tribute to Captain Jim Lovell, the Apollo 13 commander whose steady leadership during a near-disaster made him an American hero. Lovell died ...

Apollo 13 was meant to be a routine Moon mission but became a fight for survival. This documentary explores the crisis, the ...

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Handout/NASA/AFP US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the age of 97, NASA announced ...

The Apollo Program made history with the first moon landing, but its final years were overshadowed by disaster. When Apollo 13 suffered a catastrophic failure in space, survival became the only ...

Tom Hanks is paying tribute to Jim Lovell, who died Thursday at age 97. Hanks, who famously played Lovell in Apollo 13, described him in an Instagram post as the kind of person who “lead[s] others to ...

Lovell commanded the mission that almost ended in disaster after an explosion that threatened the crew's oxygen and electrical supply. The... Famed NASA astronaut and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell ...