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  • Apollo 13 Crew - Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert | Carson Tonight Show [24:22]

    08/11/2025 2:52:05 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 14 replies
    YouTube ^ | February 3, 2023 | Johnny Carson
    Original Airdate: 06/03/1970 Apollo 13 Crew - Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert | Carson Tonight Show | 24:22 Johnny Carson | 1.15M subscribers | 430,658 views | February 3, 2023
  • Famed Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell dies at 97-years-old

    08/08/2025 12:51:25 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 56 replies
    Just the News ^ | August 8, 2025 3:42pm Updated: August 8, 2025 3:49pm | Misty Severi
    Lovell was part of a total of four space missions: Gemini VII, Gemini XII, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13. NASA Astronaut Jim Lovell, who famously led the historic Apollo 13 moon mission, died on Thursday at the age of 97, his family announced Friday.Lovell was part of a total of four space missions: Gemini VII, Gemini XII, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13. Lovell was most known for his calm leadership during Apollo 13's tragic flight, which experienced a major oxygen tank explosion far away from Earth.The astronaut's family highlighted Lovell's "legendary leadership in pioneering human space flight," and observed that...
  • James Lovell, astronaut and Apollo 13 commander, dies (Houston we have a problem)

    08/08/2025 12:50:30 PM PDT · by God luvs America · 8 replies
    Fox ^ | 8/8/2025 | Stephanie Weaver
    In 1968, the Apollo 8 crew of Lovell, Frank Borman and William Anders was the first to leave Earth's orbit and the first to fly to and circle the moon. They could not land, but they put the U.S. ahead of the Soviets in the space race. During the harrowing Apollo 13 flight in April 1970, Lovell was supposed to be the fifth man to walk on the moon. But Apollo 13's service module, carrying Lovell and two others, experienced a sudden oxygen tank explosion on its way to the moon. The astronauts barely survived, spending four cold and clammy...
  • On This Day in Space! April 17, 1970: Apollo 13 Returns from Aborted Moon Mission

    04/17/2019 4:21:54 PM PDT · by Wiz-Nerd · 17 replies
    Space.com ^ | April 17, 2019 | Hanneke Weitering
    On April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 returned to Earth after narrowly avoiding a deadly disaster in space. This was supposed to be the third mission to land on the moon. Astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise launched on April 11 and were two days into their trip to the moon when an oxygen tank exploded, and NASA had to abort the mission. When the astronauts called mission control to report the incident, Swigert uttered the famous quote, "Houston, we've had a problem."