It was the opening scene of the 1995 feature film "Apollo 13" and was recreated for the Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man" more than 20 years later. It was one of the catalysts for the Soviet Union to ...

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 ...

The Apollo 13 space mission in April 1970 riveted the public as NASA successfully saved the three astronauts onboard after a mid-flight equipment malfunction. The survival tale has inspired several ...

Jim Lovell, who served as commander of the infamous Apollo 13 venture, has died at 97 years old, NASA confirmed Friday, Aug. 8 The four-time spaceflight veteran known for his work on Gemini and Apollo ...

After the glory of Apollo 11, NASA’s lunar program faced fading interest—until a catastrophic failure aboard Apollo 13 turned a routine mission into a desperate fight for survival.

CHICAGO (AP) — 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, ...

My mother worked at TRW, the commpany that built the Lunar Module Descent Engine on the LEM that saved Apollo 13. After the mission, the astronauts toured many contractors, including TRW. My mother ...

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 ...

CHICAGO - Apollo 13 commander James Lovell, who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly engineering, has died. He was 97 years old. Apollo 13 commander James Lovell has died at ...