Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.
Those were the now-famous words of NASA Capt. James A. "Jim" Lovell Jr., one of America's most decorated astronauts and the mission commander for the ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13. Lovell rephrased a ...
It is proper that the moon was full Saturday, the day the headlines recorded the passing of Jim Lovell. It offered the opportunity for us to see the full face of the place where he never got the ...
Thought of the day by Jim Lovell shows that success is rarely accidental. It is built by those who choose to engage, to lead and to make things happen rather than merely wonder what happened.
Jim Lovell will forever be associated with his travels to space, but his impact on Earth – notably in his adopted hometown of Lake Forest – is eliciting many positive memories from his friends and ...
Recently, yet another Apollo astronaut, Jim Lovell, passed on. Lovell’s fame was as defined by his role as a pop culture icon as it was by his astronaut heroics. Everybody who came of age during the ...
Born on March 25, 1928, in Cleveland, Lovell was a child of the Great Depression, his early years shaped by loss and curiosity. His father died in a car crash when Jim was 12, prompting his mother to ...
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KWCH) - If you’ve seen the movie ‘Apollo 13’ you’re probably familiar with astronaut, Captain Jim Lovell. He died on August 7th at 97-years-old, but his legacy lives on at the ...
I pity the people who couldn't admire James Arthur Lovell Jr.'s life while he was still alive. In a world where I feel like people of importance who aren't athletes or brain-dead celebrities are ...
Recently, yet another Apollo astronaut, Jim Lovell, passed on. Lovell’s fame was as defined by his role as a pop culture icon as it was by his astronaut heroics. Everybody who came of age during the ...
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Jim Lovell, 1928-2025

When an oxygen tank exploded aboard Apollo 13, 200,000 miles from Earth, Jim Lovell’s calm voice crackled over the radio: “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” It was April 1970, and the mission that was ...