WASHINGTON (Reuters) -American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for the ...

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 ...

Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell died six weeks before the movie about his rescue mission is set for re-release. NASA announced Lovell, the 97-year-old Gemini XII and Apollo astronaut, died Thursday, Aug.

Famed NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, who commanded the harrowing Apollo 13 mission that was forced to abandon a lunar landing attempt in 1970, has died. He was 97. Lovell died on August 7 in Lake Forest, ...

Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell died six weeks before the movie about his rescue mission is set for a 30th anniversary rerelease in IMAX. Lovell, the 97-year-old Gemini XII and Apollo astronaut who died ...

Jim Lovell, who was among the first astronauts to leave Earth’s gravitational pull, has died, NASA announced. He was portrayed by Tom Hanks in the movie "Apollo 13," which dramatized the nearly ...

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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 ...