Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell died six weeks before the movie about his rescue mission is set for re-release. NASA announced Lovell, ...

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, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, ...

Critic Picks Movies The Apollo crew docks with the lunar module Apollo 13 Posted: April 26, 2026 | Last updated: April 27, 2026 Jim (Tom Hanks), Fred (Bill Paxton) and Jack (Kevin Bacon) prepare to ...

Captain Jim Lovell at Earth to America! which airs on TBS Sunday, November 20 at 8 p.m. 10423MC_80036.jpg (Photo by M. Caulfield/WireImage for Temp Account) The world is mourning the loss of the great ...

Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA's third crewed mission to the surface of the moon, but nearly 56 hours into the flight, command module pilot John "Jack" Swigert radioed a troubling message to ...

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, ...

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an oxygen tank explosion, has died. FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, ...

"Jim's character and steadfast courage helped our nation reach the Moon and turned a potential tragedy into a success from which we learned an enormous amount," NASA said. "We mourn his passing even ...