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Famed NASA astronaut and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell has died at age 97

Jim Lovell, an astronaut best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, has died. He was 97. NASA announced his death Friday and included this statement from his family: “We are enormously ...
Yahoo

Ed Smylie, Nasa engineer whose quick thinking saved the lives of the Apollo 13 crew

Ed Smylie simulates the work he and his team did during the Apollo 13 emergency - MSU Ed Smylie, who has died aged 95, was an American engineer who led the team at Nasa which saved the imperiled crew ...
Houston Chronicle

NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, dies at 97

Former NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, died Thursday in Illinois. He was 97. Lovell was a Navy test pilot selected for NASA’s second group of astronauts in ...
Reuters

Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97

WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis ...
CNN

Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell dead at 97

Famed NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, who commanded the harrowing Apollo 13 mission that was forced to abandon a lunar landing attempt in 1970, has died. He was 97. Lovell died on August 7 in Lake Forest, ...