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 ...

Born on March 25, 1928, in Cleveland, Lovell was a child of the Great Depression, his early years shaped by loss and curiosity. His father died in a car crash when Jim was 12, prompting his mother to ...

James Lovell was the commander of the Apollo 13 mission. The dramatic story of those astronauts returning to earth after major mechanical problems in space was made into a hit movie starring Tom Hanks ...

OSHKOSH – The aviation community is mourning the death of James Lovell. EAA CEO and Chairman Jack Pelton paid tribute to the late great astronaut after recalling Lovell’s impact on AirVenture over the ...

My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers, Jim Lovell, the Apollo 13 commander who died last week at 97, will always be remembered for steering a crippled spacecraft safely home in 1970. But ...

NASA astronaut and Apollo 13 commander Capt. Jim Lovell passed away Thursday in Forest Lake, Illinois. He was 97. The cause of death has not yet been released. Bob Sirott was honored have had the ...

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When an oxygen tank exploded aboard Apollo 13, 200,000 miles from Earth, Jim Lovell’s calm voice crackled over the radio: “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” It was April 1970, and the mission that was ...