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James Arthur Lovell Jr. (/ ˈ l ʌ v əl / LUV-əl; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders, one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon.
This would also be the first case of a commander of a previous mission (Lovell, Gemini XII) flying as a non-commander. [20] [21] This was also the first mission to reunite crewmates from a previous mission (Lovell and Borman, Gemini VII). As of June 2024, James Lovell is the last surviving Apollo 8 astronaut.
James A. Lovell As of 2023 [update] , fifty-four United States astronauts have graduated from the United States Naval Academy (USNA), more than from any other undergraduate institution. [a] [ 1 ] The Naval Academy is an undergraduate college in Annapolis , Maryland , with the mission of educating and commissioning officers for the United States ...
Gemini 12 (officially Gemini XII) [3] was a 1966 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Project Gemini.It was the 10th and final crewed Gemini flight (Gemini 1 and Gemini 2 were uncrewed missions), the 18th crewed American spaceflight, and the 26th spaceflight of all time, including X-15 flights over 100 kilometers (54 nmi).
James A. Lovell Jr. – Second-seat veteran of Gemini 7, and commander of Gemini 12, flew as Command Module Pilot (second seat) on Apollo 8. Lovell became the first to fly a second Apollo mission as commander of Apollo 13, the third lunar landing attempt. This mission was unsuccessful, due to a Service Module electrical system failure caused by ...
Apollo 13 Spacecraft Commander James A. Lovell, Jr. prepares to assemble lunar drill during a practice Moon-walk. Apollo 13 was slated to be the third landing on the moon after Apollo 8 (1968) and ...
Gemini 7 (officially Gemini VII) [5] was a 1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program.It was the fourth crewed Gemini flight, the twelfth crewed American spaceflight, and the twentieth crewed spaceflight including Soviet flights and X-15 flights above the Kármán line.
James A. Lovell, Jr. is a former NASA astronaut and commander of the infamous Apollo 13 mission. Lester Maitland, born in Milwaukee, was a World War II air commander and respected endurance flier. Billy Mitchell was an American general who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force.