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

Jupiter and Venus will appear closest over Aug. 11-12, according to NASA, appearing as if they’re “grazing” each other despite still being millions of miles apart. It comes as a popular meteor shower, ...

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

Jim Lovell, the heroic commander of Apollo 13, was a part of several historic NASA missions and left an enduring legacy of ...

(LAKE FOREST, Ill) -- Jim Lovell, the commander of the famed Apollo 13 mission, has died, according to NASA. He was 97.

Jim’s character and steadfast courage helped our nation reach the Moon and turned a potential tragedy into a success from which we learned an enormous amount,” NASA said. "We mourn his passing even as ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the Apollo 13 mission to the moon, died in Illinois, his family announced. Lovell, 97, ...

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

Former astronaut James Lovell, whose aerospace journey began in Milwaukee before commanding Apollo 13's dramatic mission, dies at 97.

The commander of Apollo 13, Jim Lovell, has died at the age of 97. Jim was played by Tom Hanks in the 1995 movie of the ...