Astronaut Jim Lovell, best known as the commander of the near-tragic Apollo 13 mission to the moon, died Thursday in Illinois ...

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

Jim Lovell commanded the Apollo 13 mission, famously known for turning a near-catastrophe into a successful return. His calm ...

Jim’s character and steadfast courage helped our nation reach the Moon and turned a potential tragedy into a success from which we learned an enormous amount,” NASA said. "We mourn his passing even as ...

The commander of Apollo 13, Jim Lovell, has died at the age of 97. Jim was played by Tom Hanks in the 1995 movie of the ...

Florida’s political leaders continue to double down on a bold mission — to bring NASA’s headquarters to the Sunshine State.

James A. Lovell—the astronaut who commanded NASA’s 1970 Apollo 13 mission and was portrayed by Tom Hanks in the 1995 film of ...

Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13, died Thursday at the age of 97, NASA announced on Friday. Lovell, who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering as ...

James Lovell, the celebrated astronaut who guided the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission safely back to Earth, has died at the age of 97.

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