It took the capsule 17 hours to make the trip home, experiencing re-entry temperatures of around 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit as ...

"There are people who dare, who dream, and who lead others to places we would not go on our own,” actor Tom Hanks said of NASA legend Jim Lovell, who died this week, aged 97.

The naval aviator turned astronaut led the mission, guiding it safely back to Earth after it went perilously wrong.

US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission, which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a ...

Four months ago, astronaut Butch Wilmore was stranded, along with Suni Williams, on the International Space Station. And now, ...

Four astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to relieve ...

Captain James "Jim" Lovell, Jr., the celebrated naval aviator and astronaut who commanded the harrowing Apollo 13 mission, ...

Tom Hanks honored astronaut Jim Lovell, whom he portrayed in "Apollo 13," with a touching tribute celebrating the space ...

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Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.

U.S. Air Force Major Nichole Ayers, a NASA astronaut and graduate of both Woodland Park High School and the U.S. Air Force ...

Actor Tom Hanks remembers Jim Lovell following the Apollo 13 astronaut's death at 97, calling him a visionary who dared to explore space.