Apollo 13 was meant to be a routine mission to the Moon—until an onboard explosion turned it into a fight for survival. With ...

The Apollo era was defined by ambition, success, and unexpected challenges. While NASA’s focus shifted after Apollo 11, the near-catastrophic Apollo 13 mission became one of history’s greatest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronaut Jim Lovell, who died Thursday, was part of the three-man crew on the Apollo 13 NASA mission in 1970. Decades later, ...

Jim Lovell, an astronaut best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, has died. He was 97. NASA announced his death Friday and included this statement from his family: “We are enormously ...

James Lovell, Apollo 13 Hero Played by Tom Hanks in the Movie, Dies at 97 originally appeared on Parade. James Lovell, the NASA astronaut who steered the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission from the brink of ...

Jim Lovell is most famous as the man to utter the words, "Houston, we've had a problem," the start of the now legendary Apollo 13 disaster. He died Friday at the age of 97, but for years he called ...

CHICAGO — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly, can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Ill ...

Tom Hanks is paying tribute to Jim Lovell, who died Thursday at age 97. Hanks, who famously played Lovell in Apollo 13, described him in an Instagram post as the kind of person who “lead[s] others to ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell reads the news after his crew returned safely to Earth from a failed Moon mission in 1970 - Copyright NASA/AFP/File Handout Astronaut Jim Lovell ...

EXCLUSIVE: Apollo 13 mission commander astronaut Jim Lovell, memorialized through Tom Hanks’ performance in the Best Picture-nominated Ron Howard film, will have another screen moment. Days after the ...

Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr., attends the 45th Anniversary of Apollo 8 ‘Christmas Eve Broadcast to Earth’ event at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago on Dec. 23, 2013. AP File Photo Apollo 13 ...