Jim Lovell, the astronaut who commanded the well-known Apollo 13 mission, has died, NASA introduced Friday. He was 97.
Apollo 13, a 1970 flight to the moon, grew to become generally known as a “profitable failure” after the spacecraft skilled an oxygen tank explosion 1000’s of miles from Earth however managed to securely return house.
Appearing NASA Administrator Sean Duffy stated in a press release that Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois. Duffy praised Lovell’s life and work, saying he impressed thousands and thousands of individuals.
“Jim’s character and steadfast braveness helped our nation attain the Moon and turned a possible tragedy into successful from which we realized an infinite quantity,” Duffy stated.
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