He led the three-man crew that survived a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970, and was later immortalized by Tom ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the Apollo 13 mission to the moon, died in Illinois, his family announced. Lovell, 97, ...

American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an ...

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

Nicknamed "Smilin’ Jim” by his fellow astronauts, Jim Lovell was known for his wit and quick grin, said acting NASA ...

James Lovell, who led his crew on Apollo 13 back to safety after an accident on the way to the movement, was born in ...

Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle famously led the first U.S. strike against the Japanese homeland during World War II, and ...

Rear Adm. Stephen Barnett, above, outgoing commander of Navy Region Hawaii, relinquished command Tuesday to Rear Adm. Brad ...

The Navy's new top admiral recently described the repair delay on the submarine, which has sat idle for years, as ...

The Defense Department operates slot machines on US military bases overseas, raising tens of millions of dollars to fund ...

In all, Lovell flew four space missions — and until the Skylab flights of the mid-1970s, he held the world record for the ...

The maritime battlespace simulator, named MIMESIS after the ancient Greek term for imitation, has a deadly serious aim: ...