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Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell dies at age 97, with his family announcing the passing of the legendary space explorer and Navy pilot on Friday.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Four astronauts from NASA's Crew-10 mission departed the International Space Station on Friday aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule, heading for a splashdown off the U.S. West ...

Famed NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, who commanded the harrowing Apollo 13 mission that was forced to abandon a lunar landing attempt in 1970, has died. He was 97.

US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the age of 97, NASA announced Friday.

In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut James Lovell, Apollo 13 commander poses for a portrait in his space suit, Feb. 16, 1970.

Four months ago, astronaut Butch Wilmore was stranded, along with Suni Williams, on the International Space Station. And now, he's vowing never to go back into space again. “After 25 years at ...

NASA Astronaut Butch Wilmore is retiring four months after being 'stranded' in space for nearly 300 days at the International Space Station. He and Suni Williams returned to Earth on March 18, 2025.

Four months after NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned from their eight-day turned nine-month mission in space, Butch has retired.