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Jim Lovell

Jim Lovell is best known for The Colbert Report, Dateline, American Experience and National Geographic: Situation Critical. Jim Lovell was born on March 25, 1928. Jim Lovell died on August 7, 2025 at the age of 97.

Born: March 25, 1928
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died: August 7, 2025 (97 years old)

Biography

James "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr., (born March 25, 1928) was 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.

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