Jim Lovell
James "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr., (born March 25, 1928) was 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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1928-03-25 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Died
- 2025-08-07
Known for
- Apollo 13 (1995) — USS Iwo Jima Captain (uncredited)
- Apollo 11 (2019) — Self
- The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) — James Lovell
- The Colbert Report (2005) — Self
- For All Mankind (1989) — Self - Narrator - Apollo 8, Apollo 13 (voice)
- In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) — Himself
- Apollo 13: Survival (2024) — Self (archive footage)
- Dateline (1992) — Self
- American Experience (1988) — Self
- Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo (2017) — Himself
- Apollo: Missions to the Moon (2019) — Self - Command Module Pilot, Apollo 8 (archive footage)
- Fight For Space (2016) — Self
- Apollo: The Forgotten Films (2019) — Self - Apollo Program Astronaut (voice)
- When We Left Earth (2008) — Himself
- First to the Moon (2018) — Self
- Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (1996) — Self - Apollo 13 Commander