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 ...

Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA’s third crewed mission to the surface of the moon, but nearly 56 hours into the flight, command module pilot John “Jack” Swigert radioed a troubling message to ...

The world lost a true hero Aug. 7, when astronaut and space pioneer Jim Lovell passed away at age 97. The first person to fly in space four times, Lovell helped pave the way for the first Moon landing ...

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, Ill ...

Festivalgoers at a major music event found themselves in a heart-stopping situation after a popular amusement ride suddenly shut down, leaving several people stranded upside down in the air. The ...

The opening scene of Apollo 13, the film based on astronaut James Lovell’s harrowing space ordeal, doesn’t start with his transmission to mission control: “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” Instead, we ...

(FILES) A NASA handout picture taken on April 17, 1970 shows US Apollo 13 mission recued astronaut Jim Lovell aboard USS Iwo Jima reading a newspaper about the crew's successful recovery operation.

Alex Sundby is a senior editor at CBSNews.com. In addition to editing content, Alex also covers breaking news, writing about crime and severe weather as well as everything from multistate lottery ...

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, Illinois, NASA ...