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"Apollo 13" heads to theaters for film's 30th anniversary, tells the Jim Lovell-led story of a near-disastrous NASA mission. Lovell died Aug. 7, 2025.
Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13, died Thursday at the age of 97, NASA announced on Friday. Lovell, who helped turn a ...
EXCLUSIVE: Apollo 13 mission commander astronaut Jim Lovell, memorialized through Tom Hanks’ performance in the Best ...
Take whatever time it takes, work 12 to 15 hours a day, work the problem." In addition to "Apollo 13," Griffin later lent his expertise to Robert Zemeckis' "Contact" and Mimi Seder's "Deep Impact.