Apollo 13 Spacecraft Commander James A. Lovell, Jr. prepares to assemble lunar drill during a practice Moon-walk. Bettmann/Getty Apollo 13 was slated to be the third landing on the moon after ...

Lovell’s husband, Jim, was the command module pilot of Apollo 8, which in 1968 orbited the moon. He then commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission 16 months later, which due to a faulty oxygen tank ...

On August 27, 2023, Marilyn Lillie Lovell, wife of Captain James A. Lovell, Jr., American astronaut in the Gemini and Apollo programs, died peacefully in Lake Forest, Illinois, surrounded by her ...

FILE - In this April 21, 1970 file photo, Apollo 13 commander James A. Lovell Jr., left, opens the astronauts televised news conference at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, by saying "I'm not ...

Illinois has named Dec. 21 to be Captain James Lovell Day. Say what you want about Illinois, but this one deserves a massive round of applause. Jim Lovell is one of my personal heroes. I've never ...

Jim Lovell was one of 24 men to fly to the moon, one of 10 who are still alive and the first to make the trip twice. He retired from the Navy in 1973.

On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft launched with astronauts Jack Swigert, 38, Jim Lovell, 42, and Fred Haise, 36. Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA’s third moon-landing mission, howe… ...

Marilyn Lovell in 1968 watching a training session for recovering a space capsule after a landing in the Gulf of Mexico. Her husband, Jim Lovell, was once the nation’s most experienced astronaut.