Lovell, the first individual to complete four spaceflights, significantly advanced the Gemini program's objectives through missions like Gemini VII, which established extended duration flight records ...

Recently, yet another Apollo astronaut, Jim Lovell, passed on. Lovell’s fame was as defined by his role as a pop culture icon as it was by his astronaut heroics. Everybody who came of age during the ...

James Lovell received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1995, with Tom Hanks in attendance. Credit: James M. Kelly/Globe Photos/Zuma Press/Alamy Stock Photo During the deep dive into all ...

I pity the people who couldn't admire James Arthur Lovell Jr.'s life while he was still alive. In a world where I feel like people of importance who aren't athletes or brain-dead celebrities are ...

Regarding the Aug. 9 front-page article “Resourceful astronaut piloted treacherous Apollo 13 mission”: Most people will remember James A. Lovell Jr. from Tom Hanks’s portrayal of him in the movie ...

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 ...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KWCH) - If you’ve seen the movie ‘Apollo 13’ you’re probably familiar with astronaut, Captain Jim Lovell. He died on August 7th at 97-years-old, but his legacy lives on at 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 ...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KSNW) – The Cosmosphere is honoring the memory of the doomed Apollo 13 Mission Commander Jim Lovell. Official photo of Commander Jim Lovell (Courtesy NASA) Lovell served as commander ...

Lovell commanded the mission that almost ended in disaster after an explosion that threatened the crew's oxygen and electrical supply. The... Famed NASA astronaut and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell ...

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Jim Lovell will forever be associated with his travels to space, but his impact on Earth – notably in his adopted hometown of Lake Forest – is eliciting many positive memories from his friends and ...