Jim Lovell

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James Arthur Lovell Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, Naval Aviator, and retired Navy captain. Lovell is known for being the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth through the efforts of the crew and mission control. In addition to being part of the Apollo 13 crew, Lovell was the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Cleveland

Education

Harvard Business School; University of Southern California; University of Wisconsin–Madison; United States Naval Test Pilot School; United States Naval Academy; MacDowell Montessori School

Awards

Order of Lincoln; honorary doctor of the University of Miami; National Aviation Hall of Fame; Congressional Space Medal of Honor; International Space Hall of Fame; and 12 more

From Wikidata.

• Saturn V | Apollo 13Commander · Success · with Fred Haise, Jack SwigertApril 11, 1970 · 19:13 UTC
• Saturn V | Apollo 8Command Module Pilot · Success · with Frank Borman, William AndersDecember 21, 1968
• Titan II GLV | Gemini XIICommand Pilot · Success · with Buzz AldrinNovember 11, 1966 · 20:46 UTC
• Titan II GLV | Gemini VIIPilot · Success · with Frank BormanDecember 4, 1965