Astronaut James Lovell Jr., known for serving as commander of the Apollo 13 mission, died Thursday, Aug. 7, in Lake Forest, Ill. He was 97. On Friday, Aug. 8, his family confirmed his death in a ...

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, ...

Editor’s note: Each month, Dispatch reporters will profile astronauts from Ohio, culminating in a larger story toward the end of the year about all Ohioans who became astronauts. "Houston, we’ve had a ...

Artemis II astronauts got a special wake-up message from legendary astronaut Jim Lovell, the late commander for the Apollo 13 ...

Tributes began pouring in for famed Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell after his death at 97 years old. Lovell died on Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA announced in a news release. He is survived ...

Tom Hanks is paying tribute to Jim Lovell, the legendary astronaut he portrayed in the film "Apollo 13." In an emotional tribute posted to Instagram, Hanks remembered Lovell as a true visionary.

Apollo 13 mission commander and astronaut Jim Lovell has died at the age of 97. “We are saddened to announce the passing of our beloved father, USN Captain James A. ‘Jim’ Lovell, a Navy pilot and ...

With the spacecraft crippled and more than 210,000 miles from Earth, flight directors and engineers in Houston, led by Eugene ...

For the first time in more than 50 years, humans are once again venturing to the Moon. Nasa’s Artemis program had sent four ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronaut James Lovell Jr. died in Lake Forest, Ill., on Thursday, Aug. 7 His family confirmed his death in a statement to NASA on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Houston, we’ve had a problem." Those were the now-famous words of NASA Capt. James A. "Jim" Lovell Jr., one of America's most ...

The late astronaut died in Lake Forest, Ill. on Thursday, Aug. 7 Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared on Variety, The ...