Remembering Apollo 13’s Jim Lovell, the Most Down-to-Earth Astronaut

Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.
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Apollo 13 launches into space | Apollo 13

Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton), and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) experience the raw, earth-shaking power of ...
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Famed NASA astronaut and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell has died at age 97

Jim Lovell, an astronaut best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, has died. He was 97. NASA announced his death Friday and included this statement from his family: “We are enormously ...

What Was the Apollo 11 Spacecraft Like? Climb Inside in 3D

But it was a magnificent ship too—none more so than the Apollo that got the numeral 11. That, of course, is the one that ...

It's go time: historic Moon mission set for lift-off

More than half a century after the groundbreaking Apollo program's last crewed flight to the moon, three men and one woman ...
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Today in Aviation History: Apollo 7 Launches NASA's First Crewed Apollo Mission

On this day in aviation and space history, 57 years ago (October 10, 1968), NASA launched Apollo 7-the first successful crewed mission of the Apollo program. At precisely 15:02:45 UTC, a ...

NASA SLS Rocket Back At Pad For Artemis II – First Crewed Moon Flight Since Apollo Nears

NASA's SLS rocket rolled to Launch Complex 39B on March 19, advancing Artemis II toward April crewed lunar orbit flight – ...

NASA's Secret Plan To Rescue Astronauts If The Apollo Moon Landings Went Wrong

NASA had a contingency plan in case Apollo astronauts were stranded near the Moon, but it was far stranger and riskier than ...
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NASA’s Orion spacecraft breaks Apollo 13 flight record

The Artemis 1 Orion crew vehicle has set a new record for a NASA flight. At approximately 8:40AM ET on Saturday, Orion flew farther than any spacecraft designed to carry human astronauts had ever ...