NASA Astronaut and Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell passed away on August 7, 2025 ✓ We dedicate this Speedy Tuesday article to this hero ✓

American astronaut Captain Jim Lovell has died at the age of 97. He was known for leading the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission that became a story of ingenuity and survival.

Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.