James "Jim" Lovell, Spacecraft Commander, makes an appearance in the film Apollo 13 about the mission. The famous quote, "Houston, we have a problem," from the Apollo 13 is actually incorrect.

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 ...

The fact that Jim Lovell has not spent the last 24 years lost in space is testimony to a brilliant chapter in human resilience, when, for a few days, the nation’s quest was not to land men on… ...

Jim Lovell, one of the first three people to fly around the moon, was later supposed to be the fifth human to set foot on it. Instead, he watched the moon from afar a second time as he sped by in ...

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 ...

Jim Lovell on 50 years since Apollo 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell recounts Apollo 13 launch 50 years later. Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox.

Of all the men and women who have been to space, James Lovell is the only one to have visited the moon twice without setting foot on it. Aboard Apollo 8, his crew became the first to orbit the ...

On the anniversary of the April day in 1970 when Apollo 13′s three-man crew — commander Jim Lovell and pilots Jack Swigert and Fred Haise — returned safely to Earth, LIFE.com commemorates ...

Lovell's Apollo 8 mission was the first to orbit the moon. “This was a real adventure,” he said. “It was like a mini Lewis and Clark expedition." ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell reflects on Christmas Eve 1968. He's part of the Apollo 8 crew that spent the holiday orbiting the moon. Their broadcast back to Earth helped unify a divided country.