Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 Commander, dies at age 97: How NASA’s legendary US astronaut led his crew through one of space’s greatest rescues | – The Times of India

James A. Lovell Jr., the famed astronaut and commander of NASA’s Apollo 13 mission, has died at 97. Lovell passed away on August 8, 2025, in Lake Forest, Illinois, his family confirmed in a statement to NASA. Though Lovell never walked on the Moon, his leadership during Apollo 13’s near-disastrous oxygen tank explosion turned the…