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Apollo 13 Commander James Lovell Dead At 97
Former NASA astronaut James Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, at the age of 97, the agency announced in a Friday release. Lovell commanded the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered an explosion while en route…
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About Jim Lovell
James Arthur Lovell Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded in 1970 the Apollo 13 lunar mission, which, after a critical failure en route, looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth.
Everything about Jim Lovell →- Occupation
- naval officer, astronaut, test pilot, naval aviator
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 25, 1928
- Died
- August 7, 2025