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Apollo 13 and the mission control team that defied disaster

Apollo 13 was meant to land on the Moon, but an explosion turned it into a desperate fight for survival. This is the story of ...
Task & Purpose

Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 astronaut who helped avert disaster, has died

James Arthur Lovell Jr., the test pilot turned astronaut who helped prevent the Apollo 13 mission from ending in disaster, died on Thursday at the age of 97. NASA confirmed Lovell’s death on Friday, ...
Houston Public Media

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 ...
The Daily Gazette

US astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, dead at 97

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 age of 97, NASA announced Friday. The former ...