The mechanical engineer and naval aviator co-penned the book "Lost Moon," on which the 1995 film "Apollo 13" is based.

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 astronaut who commanded the Apollo 13 mission and became a symbol of courage and ingenuity, died Thursday at ...

Their harrowing experience was immortalized in the hit 1995 movie Apollo 13, which starred Tom Hanks as Lovell and Bill ...

Former NASA astronaut James Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, at the age of 97, the agency announced in ...

Jim Lovell, the legendary astronaut who commanded the Apollo 13 mission—a perilous journey turned triumph—passed away on Thursday at 97. NASA confirmed his death, citing his indelible impact on space ...

Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13, died Thursday at the age of 97, NASA announced on Friday. Lovell, who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering as ...

James Lovell, the legendary NASA astronaut and heroic commander of Apollo 13 who masterfully guided his crew through one of ...