“Houston, we’ve had a problem,” were the words of Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell when an explosion crippled the spacecraft and threatened the lives of the crew.

Commander Jim Lovell remains by the command module awaiting his turn. Credit: NASA ASTRONOMY: Is it true that Jack Swigert and Fred were enamored with taking photos of the lunar farside?

Airesearch Summary The lithium hydroxide canister was designed as a replaceable filter for the command module's environmental control unit (ECU). The ECU provided cooling, water and breathable oxygen ...

The Cosmosphere is paying tribute to Captain Jim Lovell, the Apollo 13 commander whose steady leadership during a near-disaster made him an American hero.

Captain James "Jim" Lovell, Jr., the celebrated naval aviator and astronaut who commanded the harrowing Apollo 13 mission, has passed away.

A legendary NASA astronaut who was nearly killed in an Apollo moon mission has died aged 97. On an earlier mission in 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became one of the first three ...

Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 Commander Who Thrived Under Pressure, Dies at 97 The space explorer was determined throughout his life, says Teasel Muir-Harmony, the curator of the Apollo Collection at the ...

Ken Mattingly, the command module pilot, had no immunity to measles and was replaced at the last minute by rookie astronaut Swigert. The mission generally went smoothly for its first two days.

Astronauts James Lovell, Apollo 13 commander; Thomas K. Mattingly, command module pilot, and Fred Haise, lunar module pilot, hold a news conference at Space Center, Houston on March 14, 1970 ...

"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.

Days earlier, the backup lunar module pilot inadvertently exposed the crew to German measles but Lovell and Haise were immune to it. Ken Mattingly, the command module pilot, had no immunity to measles ...