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

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 ...

CHICAGO - Apollo 13 commander James Lovell, who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly engineering, ...

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