After nearly five months onboard the International Space Station, an international crew of four astronauts began their descent back down to Earth in a SpaceX capsule Friday. The Dragon capsule of ...

Tom Hanks has paid an emotional tribute to the famed astronaut he portrayed in Apollo 13. It was announced yesterday (8 ...

Apollo 13 mission commander and astronaut Jim Lovell has died at the age of 97. “We are saddened to announce the passing of ...

Second Lady Usha Vance visited NASA’s Johnson Space Center on Aug. 4 to host her summer reading challenge event. Joined by ...

Lovell commanded the Apollo 13 mission that almost ended in disaster after an explosion that threatened the crew's oxygen and ...

US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the ...

Their Dragon capsule called Endurance is scheduled to splash down at approximately 11:33 AM Eastern time off the coast of ...

Tom Hanks paid tribute to Jim Lovell, the astronaut he portrayed in 'Apollo 13,' following news of Lovell’s death Friday at ...

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an ...

Jim Lovell, the astronaut who did missions into space with the Gemini and Apollo programs -- including Apollo 13, which became a movie starring Tom Hanks as Lovell -- died at the age of 97.

Tom Hanks pays tribute to astronaut Jim Lovell, who he portrayed in "Apollo 13." Lovell died Thursday at the age of 97. "There are people who dare, who dream, and who lead others to the place we would ...