💥Jim Lovell is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut best known for commanding the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.
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Full Name: James Arthur Lovell Jr.
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Born: March 25, 1928, in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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NASA Career Highlights:
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Gemini 7 (1965): Part of a 14-day endurance mission with Frank Borman, proving astronauts could handle long-duration spaceflight.
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Gemini 12 (1966): Flew with Buzz Aldrin, focusing on EVA (spacewalk) techniques.
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Apollo 8 (1968): First mission to orbit the Moon, with Frank Borman and Bill Anders — Lovell read from the Book of Genesis on Christmas Eve during the broadcast from lunar orbit.
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Apollo 13 (1970): Commanded the mission when an oxygen tank exploded en route to the Moon, forcing the crew to abort the landing and return safely through a remarkable feat of problem-solving (“Houston, we’ve had a problem”).
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Post-NASA:
Lovell retired from the Navy and NASA in 1973, later working in business and co-authoring the book Lost Moon (which inspired the film Apollo 13 starring Tom Hanks).
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