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The Apollo 13 disaster turned into NASA’s greatest rescue mission

What began as a routine Moon mission turned into a life-or-death struggle. Apollo 13’s near-disaster became the most ...
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Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 astronaut who helped avert disaster, has died

James Arthur Lovell Jr., the test pilot turned astronaut who helped prevent the Apollo 13 mission from ending in disaster, died on Thursday at the age of 97. NASA confirmed Lovell’s death on Friday, ...
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Famed NASA astronaut and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell has died at age 97

Jim Lovell, an astronaut best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, has died. He was 97. NASA announced his death Friday and included this statement from his family: "We are enormously ...