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Sad news. A true hero.
James A. Lovell Jr., the American astronaut who commanded the Apollo 13 spacecraft on its lunar voyage in 1970 and shepherded it on a perilous four-day journey back to Earth after an oxygen tank exploded, an ordeal that transfixed the world, died Aug. 7 in Lake Forest, Illinois. He was 97.
NASA announced his death in a statement, which did not cite a cause.
Apollo 13, which became the subject of a Hollywood film starring Tom Hanks as Mr. Lovell, was one of the U.S. space missions most firmly etched in the public consciousness after John Glenn’s orbit of the Earth in 1962 and the moon landing of Apollo 11 in 1969.
In all, Lovell flew four space missions — and until the Skylab flights of the mid-1970s, he held the world record for the longest time in space with 715 hours, four minutes and 57 seconds.
Heard him speak once at a book signing, sometime around the making of Apollo13. Incredible man.
Swigert was the command module pilot. I'm skeptical of this claim.And Jim Lovell was at the controls on re-entry.
I may be mistaken.Swigert was the command module pilot. I'm skeptical of this claim.
He wrote “Lost Moon” in 1995. Awesome book.Heard him speak once at a book signing, sometime around the making of Apollo13. Incredible man.
Also a time when this country was vested in science, technology, and space. What a sad decline we have experienced.RIP
From a time when people used to value intelligence, courage and leadership.
**** we could use some of that now…
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