The 1995 movie ‘Apollo 13’ told the story behind the failed NASA mission. Get to know the space explorers who Tom Hanks, Bill ...

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

"Apollo 13" heads to theaters for film's 30th anniversary, tells the Jim Lovell-led story of a near-disastrous NASA mission.

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

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

James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do ...

Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell died at age 97. Lovell and the crew of the ill-fated spacecraft brought the world together.

Astronaut Jim Lovell, whose history-making leadership of a near-disastrous 1970 moon mission was chronicled in the hit film ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

Apollo 13 commander James Lovell, who helped turn failed moon mission into triumph of on-the-fly engineering, has died.

American astronaut Captain Jim Lovell has died at the age of 97. He was known for leading the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission ...