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.

James Lovell Jr. was a former NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Navy captain who commanded the famous Apollo 13 mission. Read ...

CHICAGO (AP) — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly ...

Tom Hanks has shared a tribute to Jim Lovell, the astronaut he played in "Apollo 13." Lovell died at the age of 97.

Astronaut Jim Lovell, who guided the Apollo 13 mission safely back to Earth in 1970, has died aged 97. Nasa said he had "turned a potential tragedy into a success" after an attempt to land on the Moon ...

After nearly five months onboard the International Space Station, an international crew of five astronauts began their ...

Lovell famously delivered the news to mission control, saying “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” The exchange was later ...

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 ...

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

Lovell commanded the mission that almost ended in disaster after an explosion that threatened the crew's oxygen and ...

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

Hanks, 69, played Lovell in the 1995 movie Apollo 13. That Ron Howard -directed docudrama retold the real-life 1970 lunar mission that Lovell commanded which endured critical failures before returning ...