Commander of Apollo 13 mission, Jim Lovell, dies

Apollo 13 mission leader Lovell dies at 97

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, died at age 97.

Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell dies

American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for a hit movie has died aged 97.

ThePatriotLight - Legendary Apollo 13 Commander Dies At 97

ThePatriotLight - Legendary NASA astronaut James Lovell passed away Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, at the age of 97, the agency announced in a press release Friday. Lovall attained nationwide recognition when he commanded the Apollo 13 mission, which was marked by disaster when the crew’s rocket suffered an explosion while en route to the Moon in April, 1970. The mission was NASA’s third attempted lunar landing, carrying astronauts Jack Swig…

Legendary Apollo 13 Commander Dies At 97

Legendary NASA astronaut James Lovell passed away Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, at the age of 97, the agency announced in a press release Friday. Lovall attained nationwide recognition when he commanded the Apollo 13 mission, which was marked by disaster when the crew’s rocket suffered an explosion while en route to the Moon in April, 1970. The mission was NASA’s third attempted lunar landing, carrying astronauts Jack Swigert and Fred Haise…

Astronaut James Lovell, Apollo 13 commander, dies at 97

NASA remembers space pioneer who turned a near-disaster into a triumph of ingenuity and teamwork.

Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander, dies at 97

(CBS, KYMA/KECY) - Jim Lovell, the astronaut who commanded the famous Apollo 13 mission, has died, NASA announced Friday. Apollo 13, a 1970 flight to the moon, became known as a "successful failure" after the spacecraft experienced an oxygen tank explosion thousands of miles from Earth but managed to safely return home. Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said in a statement that Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois. Duffy praised Love…