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Lovell’s life was a bridge between Earth and the cosmos, a reminder that exploration is not just about reaching new worlds ...
The Cosmosphere is honoring the memory of the doomed Apollo 13 Mission Commander Jim Lovell. Official photo of Commander Jim ...
Lovell was a veteran of four spaceflights, including Apollo 13, during which he and his crewmates famously averted disaster.
Nicknamed "Smilin’ Jim” by his fellow astronauts, Jim Lovell was known for his wit and quick grin, said acting NASA ...
"Apollo 13" heads to theaters for film's 30th anniversary, tells the Jim Lovell-led story of a near-disastrous NASA mission.
Jim Lovell never walked on the moon. But his path through American history, and the legacy he leaves among humanity’s ...
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Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 astronaut, 97

AMERICAN astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an ...
Lovell's "life and work inspired millions of people across the decades," said NASA Administrator Sean Duffy in a statement.
Lovell, who died Aug. 7 at age 97, is best known for captaining the Apollo 13 mission safely back to earth after a devastating onboard explosion, saving his own life, his crew and perhaps America's ...
Astronaut Jim Lovell, one of the first men to orbit the moon and later commander of the infamously ill-fated Apollo 13 ...
Jim Lovell, the NASA astronaut who commanded the famous Apollo 13 mission around the moon and back, has died, NASA announced ...
The Apollo 8 commander’s reading of the Scriptures reached a worldwide audience at the dawn of humanity’s journey to the moon ...