James Lovell: Milwaukee mourns the loss of Apollo 13 astronaut and native son at 97
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 on August 7 in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA said in a statement on August 8. “Jim’s character and steadfast courage helped our nation reach the Moon and turned a potential tragedy into a success from which we learned an enormous amount,” NASA said. “We mourn his passing even as we celebrate his achievements.” One of NASA’s most traveled astronauts in the agency’s first decade, Lovell flew four times — Gemini 7,...
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