Jim Lovell
Also known as James 'Jim' Arthur Lovell, Jr., James A. Lovell, Jr., James Arthur Lovell Jr., James Lovell Jr., Jim Arthur Lovell Jr., Jim A. Lovell Jr.
James Arthur Lovell Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 which, after a critical failure en route, looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth.
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Jim Lovell was an American astronaut and test pilot who flew to the Moon twice—first as command module pilot on Apollo 8 in 1968, and later as commander of Apollo 13 in 1970. He is historically significant because he was among the first humans to orbit the Moon, and because he safely brought the Apollo 13 crew back to Earth after a critical failure during their lunar mission.
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- Born
- 25 March 1928
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- 6
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
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- United States
- Active from
- 1928
- Active to
- 2025
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James Arthur Lovell Jr. (/ˈlʌvəl/ LUV-əl; March 25, 1928 – August 7, 2025) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 which, after a critical failure en route, looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth.
A 1952 graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Lovell flew McDonnell F2H Banshee night fighters. He was deployed in the Western Pacific aboard the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La. In January 1958, he entered a six-month test pilot training course at the Naval Air Test Center at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, with Class 20 and graduated at the top of the class. He was then assigned to Electronics Test, working with radar, and in 1960 he became the Navy's McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II program manager. In 1961, he became a flight instructor and safety engineering officer at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and completed Aviation Safety School at the University of Southern California.