Astronaut Jim Lovell circled the moon on Apollo 8 and helped bring Apollo 13 home safely despite a mishap far from Earth.

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

Tom Hanks honored astronaut Jim Lovell, whom he portrayed in "Apollo 13," with a touching tribute celebrating the space ...

US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a ...

Apollo 13 commander James Lovell has died at age 97. Lovell was one of NASA’s most experienced astronauts, flying four ...

Actor Tom Hanks remembers Jim Lovell following the Apollo 13 astronaut's death at 97, calling him a visionary who dared to ...

The 97-year-old American icon, known for delivering the infamous “Houston, we’ve had a problem” line during the ill-fated ...

In all, Lovell flew four space missions — and until the Skylab flights of the mid-1970s, he held the world record for the ...

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

The mechanical engineer and naval aviator co-penned the book "Lost Moon," on which the 1995 film "Apollo 13" is based.

Captain James "Jim" Lovell, Jr., the celebrated naval aviator and astronaut who commanded the harrowing Apollo 13 mission, ...

Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, has died, according to NASA. He was 97.