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Oficiální portrét astronauta Jim Lovell (NASA).

Cosmonaut / Astronaut · USA · * 1928

Jim Lovell

Znak mise Apollo 8.

Official insignia (mission patch) of Apollo 13: "Ex Luna, Scientia" (From the Moon, Knowledge).

Commander of Apollo 13. A veteran of Gemini 7, Gemini 12, and Apollo 8 (the first crewed flight to orbit the Moon), he later co-wrote the memoir "Lost Moon", the basis for the 1995 film Apollo 13.

NationalityUSA

Born25 March 1928

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SPACEFLIGHTS

Znak mise Apollo 8.

Apollo 821 December 1968

In December 1968, Apollo 8 became the first crewed mission to leave Earth orbit and fly around the Moon. On Christmas Eve the crew of Borman, Lovell and Anders read a passage from Genesis from lunar orbit and took the famous Earthrise photograph.open article →

Official insignia (mission patch) of Apollo 13: "Ex Luna, Scientia" (From the Moon, Knowledge).

Apollo 1311 April 1970

Third crewed Apollo Moon-landing attempt, aborted after an in-flight oxygen tank explosion; all three astronauts returned safely after a six-day mission.open article →

PROGRAMS

Apollo 13Apollo 13, launched in April 1970, was NASA's third crewed Moon-landing attempt. An oxygen tank explosion crippled the spacecraft en route to the Moon, and the crew survived by turning the lunar module into a lifeboat for the journey back to Earth.