James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA ...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Apollo 13 commander James Lovell, who helped turn failed moon mission into triumph of on-the-fly engineering, has died.

Apollo 13 came close to tragedy in 1970, but a new documentary finds hope for our planet in the failed Moon mission. Reading time 4 minutes It’s been more than 60 years since Yuri Gagarin became the ...

CHICAGO — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly, can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Ill ...

CHICAGO -- James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, ...

Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr., attends the 45th Anniversary of Apollo 8 ‘Christmas Eve Broadcast to Earth’ event at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago on Dec. 23, 2013. AP File Photo Apollo 13 ...