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

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

James A. Lovell, the astronaut known for serving as commander of the Apollo 13 mission, died Thursday, Aug. 7, in Lake Forest ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lovell's "life and work inspired millions of people across the decades," said NASA Administrator Sean Duffy in a statement.

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