Overview

• NASA confirmed that Lovell died on August 7 in Illinois and has not disclosed a cause of death.
• He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1928 and selected as a NASA astronaut in 1962.
• In 1968 he served on Apollo 8, leading the first crewed mission to orbit the moon.
• As commander of Apollo 13 in 1970 he guided his crew to safety after an oxygen tank explosion aborted their lunar landing.
• His experiences were dramatized in the 1995 film Apollo 13, with Tom Hanks portraying him.