Famed astronaut Jim Lovell, best known his work on Gemini and Apollo missions, died on Aug. 7, NASA announced. Lovell, 97, died in Lake Forest, Illinois. He served as the command module pilot for the ...

One of just 24 people to have flown to the moon, famed Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell was the first person to fly there twice, but never landed on its rocky surface. Lovell, who died Aug. 7 at age 97, is ...

Apollo 13 mission commander and astronaut Jim Lovell has died at the age of 97. “We are saddened to announce the passing of our beloved father, USN Captain James A. ‘Jim’ Lovell, a Navy pilot and ...

Jim Lovell, the naval aviator and mechanical engineer who is most famous for commanding the space mission Apollo 13 safely back to Earth after mechanical issues led to an aborted moon landing in 1970, ...