Ron Howard Honors Real-Life 'Apollo 13' Hero After Death originally appeared on Parade. Legendary actor and director Ron Howard, 71, paid a heartfelt tribute to the real-life hero behind his ...

The Apollo 13 space mission in April 1970 riveted the public as NASA successfully saved the three astronauts onboard after a mid-flight equipment malfunction. The survival tale has inspired several ...

WASHINGTON >> American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for the hit movie ...

CUSTOM ALERTS FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HE’S A REAL LIFE HERO BEHIND ONE OF HOLLYWOOD’S MOST ICONIC STORIES. ASTRONAUT JAMES LOVELL HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 97. HE SERVED AS COMMANDER OF THE INFAMOUS ...

What really happened on Apollo 13? In April 1970, three astronauts were headed to the Moon when a deadly oxygen tank explosion turned their mission into a fight for survival. With systems failing and ...

New full-length documentary uses archival footage and mission audio to deliver one of the most detailed and accessible accounts of NASA’s “successful failure” LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, January 5 ...

Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell in "Apollo 13" (Credit: Universal Pictures) Tom Hanks paid touching tribute to “Apollo 13” astronaut Jim Lovell on Friday as news of the 97-year-old’s death circulated online.

Veteran actor Tom Hanks honored the late Apollo 13 astronaut James Lovell in a heartfelt social media post. Lovell's daughter-in-law confirmed the news that he died on Thursday to The New York Times.

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an oxygen tank explosion, has died. FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, ...

CHICAGO (AP) — 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, ...