Lovell was a veteran of four spaceflights, including Apollo 13, during which he and his crewmates famously averted disaster.

Nicknamed "Smilin’ Jim” by his fellow astronauts, Jim Lovell was known for his wit and quick grin, said acting NASA ...

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

"Apollo 13" heads to theaters for film's 30th anniversary, tells the Jim Lovell-led story of a near-disastrous NASA mission.

The press called them The Next Nine--as in the nine fellows to follow the Mercury Seven into the great space race that captured a whole generation's imagination. Jim Lovell didn't pass the health test ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell, one of the first men to orbit the moon and later commander of the infamously ill-fated Apollo 13 ...

Jim Lovell, the NASA astronaut who commanded the famous Apollo 13 mission around the moon and back, has died, NASA announced ...

Lovell’s incredible life taught us that there’s value in an America that looks to the world with open arms, rather than clenched fists.

The Apollo 8 commander’s reading of the Scriptures reached a worldwide audience at the dawn of humanity’s journey to the moon ...

Captain James "Jim" Lovell, Jr., the celebrated naval aviator and astronaut who commanded the harrowing Apollo 13 mission, ...

The world bids farewell to a space exploration icon, as famed Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell has passed away at the age of 97.

Lovell commanded the Apollo 13 mission that almost ended in disaster after an explosion that threatened the crew's oxygen and ...