In April 1970, the Apollo 13 mission was supposed to be another routine journey to the Moon. Instead, it became one of the ...

In April 1970, an oxygen tank explosion crippled Apollo 13 on its way to the Moon, instantly transforming a routine lunar ...

Those were the now-famous words of NASA Capt. James A. "Jim" Lovell Jr., one of America's most decorated astronauts and the mission commander for the ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13. Lovell rephrased a ...

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an oxygen tank explosion, has died. He was 97. NASA confirmed his death in a ...

Lovell commanded the mission that almost ended in disaster after an explosion that threatened the crew's oxygen and electrical supply. The... Famed NASA astronaut and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell ...

Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 astronaut, whose hopes of landing on the moon went up in the air with an oxygen tank explosion, sits in a plane near the Manned Space Center at Houston, Texas, Feb. 3, 1971. (AP ...

One of just 24 people to have flown to the moon, famed Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell was the first person to fly there twice, but never landed on its rocky surface. Lovell, who died Aug. 7 at age 97, is ...

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an oxygen tank explosion, has died. FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, ...

CHICAGO — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, ...

Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr., attends the 45th Anniversary of Apollo 8 ‘Christmas Eve Broadcast to Earth’ event at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago on Dec. 23, 2013. AP File Photo Apollo 13 ...