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 ...

The Oscar-winning actor played the real-life commander of the 1970 space mission that nearly ended in tragedy.

Lovell's "life and work inspired millions of people across the decades," said NASA Administrator Sean Duffy in a statement.

Jim Lovell, the celebrated commander of the infamous Apollo 13 lunar mission, died on Thursday at age 97. His death was ...

Jim Lovell, the astronaut who commanded the famous Apollo 13 mission, has died, NASA announced Friday. He was 97.Apollo 13, a 1970 flight to the moon, became known as a "successful failure" after the ...

Former Apollo astronaut James Lovell, who personified the spirt of NASA’s calm confidence that despair would never have ...

American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed yet inspirational 1970 "Apollo 13" mission to the moon, died at the ...