The former US Navy pilot and commander of the Apollo 13 mission was the only member of the Apollo program to travel twice to the Moon without ever setting foot on its surface.

Astronaut James Lovell commanded the harrowing 1970 Apollo 13 mission, helping to safely bring his team back to Earth in spite of an oxygen explosion.

L’ancien pilote de la Navy et commandant de la mission Apollo-13 était le seul membre du programme Apollo à avoir voyagé deux fois vers notre satellite sans jamais y poser le pied.

Four-time spaceflight veteran dies aged 97

Commander of Apollo 13, who rescued his men from a near certain death in space, has died aged 97.

Nasa hails Lovell for saving 1970 moon mission from ‘potential tragedy’ and safely returning crew to Earth

US-Astronaut James Lovell ist im Alter von 97 Jahren in Lake Forest im Bundesstaat Illinois gestorben. Insgesamt nahm Lovell an vier Raumflügen teil. International berühmt wurde…

Known as Smilin’ Jim, Lovell was a veteran of the Apollo 8 lunar voyage and mission commander for the Apollo 13 flight.

Apollo 13 commander James Lovell died Thursday at age 97

He led the three-man crew that survived a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970, and was later immortalized by Tom Hanks in the movie “Apollo 13.”

Tom Hanks spielte ihn in „Apollo 13“: Nun ist US-Astronaut Jim Lovell, Kommandant der legendären Mission, tot. Die NASA würdigte ihn als „Symbol für Mut und Entschlossenheit“.

The Nasa astronaut turned around a moon mission that nearly ended in disaster but instead inspired a Hollywood blockbuster.

Er führte die dramatische Mission an, die 1970 beinah katastrophal endete. Nun ist Jim Lovell im Alter von 97 Jahren gestorben.

The former US Navy pilot and commander of the Apollo 13 mission was the only member of the Apollo program to travel twice to the Moon without ever setting foot on its surface.

Astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the Apollo 13 mission to the moon, died in Illinois, his family announced. Lovell, 97, flew on three other NASA missions.

Of the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, just five remain.

Lovell commanded the first crew to orbit the moon and saved Apollo 13 mission

James Lovell, a member of humanity’s first trip to the moon and commander of NASA’s ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, has died at the age of 97.

El comandante pasó a formar parte de la cultura popular por una frase que en realidad nunca dijo: “Houston, tenemos un problema”