Transitioning from test pilot to flight instructor, Lovell applied to NASA’s Mercury program but was not selected among the original Mercury Seven. He first ventured into space with the Gemini program ...

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an ...

JAMES LOVELL, THE commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed Moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do ...

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

One of NASA's most-traveled astronauts in the agency's first decade, Jim Lovell flew four times, including on the ...