Famed Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell dies at age 97
NBC Newsยท2025-08-09 00:45
Astronaut Jim Levelvel took us to the moon twice. And though he never landed there, he taught a nation what it means to be a commander. Best remembered as the man in charge of Apollo 13. This is the crew of Apollo 13.When in April of 1970, an explosion in the spacecraft caused a loss of oxygen. Houston, we had a problem. Houston, we have a problem.Those now famous words and that mission chronicled in the 1995 movie starring Tom Hanks. When I looked out the window after the tank blew, I saw all the oxygen es ...