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, Illinois, NASA ...

James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph, died in Lake Forest, Illinois on Thursday, NASA announced. He was 97. He was at “ Jim’s character 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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But the problem that drives the action in Apollo 13 was a real life-or-death turn of events for the three astronauts onboard. And ...

Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell in "Apollo 13" (Credit: Universal Pictures) Tom Hanks paid touching tribute to “Apollo 13” astronaut Jim Lovell on Friday as news of the 97-year-old’s death circulated online.

What began as a mission to land on the moon became history’s most harrowing space rescue after a technical failure forced 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 ...

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, Illinois, NASA ...

The astronaut was portrayed by Tom Hanks in Ron Howard's 1995 movie about the expedition, in which Hanks famously said, "Houston, we have a problem." By The Associated Press James Lovell, the ...

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, ...