Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.

Those were the now-famous words of NASA Capt. James A. "Jim" Lovell Jr., one of America's most decorated astronauts and the mission commander for the ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13. Lovell rephrased a ...

Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA’s third crewed mission to the surface of the moon, but nearly 56 hours into the flight, command module pilot John “Jack” Swigert radioed a troubling message to ...

In April 1970, Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA’s third mission to the moon - but an onboard explosion turned it into a desperate race to bring three astronauts home alive. This video tells the ...

Recently, yet another Apollo astronaut, Jim Lovell, passed on. Lovell’s fame was as defined by his role as a pop culture icon as it was by his astronaut heroics. Everybody who came of age during the ...

James Lovell was the commander of the Apollo 13 mission. The dramatic story of those astronauts returning to earth after major mechanical problems in space was made into a hit movie starring Tom Hanks ...

Here’s a look at the life of astronaut James Lovell. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1928 Death date: August 7, 2025 Birth place: Cleveland, Ohio Birth name: James Arthur Lovell Jr. Father: James ...

WASHINGTON -- NASA released extremely detailed, high definition video showing the surface of the moon. The video comes from data gathered from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. It recreates ...

In April 1970, the Apollo 13 mission was supposed to be another routine journey to the Moon. Instead, it became one of the most dramatic survival stories in the history of space exploration. Two days ...