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    Jim Lovell

    James Arthur Lovell Jr. (born March 25, 1928) is a former NASAastronaut and test pilot. He was pilot of the Apollo 8 and commander of the Apollo 13 mission.

    Crew of Apollo 13 mission failed to land on Moon because of loss of electric power and failure of both oxygen tanks due to technical problems. Because of efforts of crew and ground control room, all three astronauts aboard Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely.

    Jim lovell born and death

    James Arthur Lovell Jr. was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He was raised in Terre Haute, Indiana and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

    Lovell retired from the Navy and the space program on March 1, 1973, and went to work at the Bay-Houston Towing Company in Houston, Texas,[1] taking on the role of CEO in 1975.

    He became president of Fisk Telephone Systems in 1977,[2] and later worked for Centel Corporation in Chicago, retiring as an executive vice president on January 1, 1991.[3]

    His wife, Marilyn Lovell, died in August 2023.[4] T