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Jim Lovell

Jim Lovell

Birthday: 1928-03-25 | Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

James "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr., (born March 25, 1928) is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy, most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission control. Lovell was also the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit. Lovell is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, the first of only three people to fly to the Moon twice, and the only one to have flown there twice without making a landing. Lovell was also the first person to fly in space four times. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Lovell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2019
Apollo: Missions to the Moon

as    Self - Command Module Pilot, Apollo 8 (archive footage)

2016
Fight For Space

as    Himself

2008
When We Left Earth

as    Himself

2002
1994
Apollo 13: To the Edge and Back

as    Himself (as James Lovell)

1989
For All Mankind

as    Narrator - Apollo 8, Apollo 13 (voice)