American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an ...

Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has ...

Nicknamed "Smilin’ Jim” by his fellow astronauts, Jim Lovell was known for his wit and quick grin, said acting NASA ...

He led the three-man crew that survived a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970, and was later immortalized by Tom ...

The space explorer was determined throughout his life, says Teasel Muir-Harmony, the curator of the Apollo Collection at the ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell of Apollo 13 fame died at 97; his leadership is celebrated for averting a lunar mission disaster, ...

Jim Lovell, the NASA astronaut who commanded the famous Apollo 13 mission around the moon and back, has died, NASA announced ...

Tom Hanks is remembering late astronaut Jim Lovell, whom he portrayed in the Oscar-winning film “Apollo 13,” as among the ...

The giant, multi-billion dollar space telescope that NASA is about to launch is sometimes billed as Hubble's successor. Will this new telescope, which sees infrared light, be able to deliver?

Astronaut Jim Lovell, best known as the commander of the near-tragic Apollo 13 mission to the moon, died Thursday in Illinois ...

Jim Lovell's leadership during the near-fatal Apollo 13 mission turned a doomed lunar landing into a story of teamwork, ingenuity, and survival in space.

NASA announced on Friday that Apollo 13 commander and astronaut Jim Lovell has died at the age of 97. In a statement, his ...