James A. Lovell Jr., one of the three astronauts aboard the harrowing Apollo 13 lunar mission, died August 7 in Lake Forest, Illinois, according to a news release from NASA. He was 97 years old.

Jim Lovell’s job never required him to be a poet. Once the most experienced man in space flight—with two trips in the Gemini program and two lunar missions in Apollo—Lovell, who died August 7 at age ...

The astronaut’s death was announced by NASA. He was a “veteran of the Gemini VII, Gemini XII, and Apollo 8 missions before becoming the Mission Commander for the nearly disastrous Apollo 13 mission to ...

The press called them The Next Nine--as in the nine fellows to follow the Mercury Seven into the great space race that captured a whole generation's imagination. Jim Lovell didn't pass the health test ...

The astronauts of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo formed a surprising connection between Panama’s Indigenous Emberá people who taught them jungle survival.

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Laura ...

The safe return of the Apollo 13 astronauts after their lunar landing mission encountered technical difficulties, 17th April 1970. From left to right, Lunar Module pilot Fred W. Haise, Mission ...