Jim Lovell

Jim Lovell

96 · Born: Mar 25, 1928

Personal Details

Born Mar 25, 1928 Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Biography

James "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr., (born March 25, 1928) is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy, most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission control. Lovell was also the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit. Lovell is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, the first of only three people to fly to the Moon twice, and the only one to have flown there twice without making a landing. Lovell was also the first person to fly in space four times. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Lovell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

2018
First to the Moon
First to the Moon
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2009
Discovering Deerpath
1989
For All Mankind
For All Mankind as Narrator - Apollo 8, Apollo 13 (voice)
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2019
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
Apollo: The Forgotten Films
2017
2016
Fight for Space
Fight for Space
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2009
Apollo Zero
Apollo Zero
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2008
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
2007
In the Shadow of the Moon
2006
Apollo 13: The Inside Story
1996
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
1994
Apollo 13: To the Edge and Back
1976
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1995
Apollo 13
Apollo 13 as Novel
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