Apollo 13 Moon mission leader James Lovell dies aged 97
Mr Lovell was supposed to be the fifth man to walk on the Moon.
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Legendary Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell dies at age 97
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Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander, dies aged 97
Nasa hails Lovell for saving 1970 moon mission from ‘potential tragedy’ and safely returning crew to EarthJames “Jim” 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…
Legendary Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell dies at age 97
Jim Lovell, the US astronaut who led the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission to the Moon in 1970, died at the age of 97, NASA announced Friday. Lovell, who was supposed to be the fifth person ever to walk on the surface of the moon, is instead credited with c…
Apollo 13 commander and NASA astronaut Jim Lovell dead at 97
James (Jim) 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.
Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Sign Peace Pledge at White House
Armenia said it would give the U.S. exclusive development rights to a transit corridor through its territory, which will be named the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity.
Prosecutors may appeal to Supreme Court on 1979 missing child Etan Patz case
Prosecutors say they may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to preserve a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz.
Germany suspends weapon exports to Israel for Gaza war
What impact the arms export ban will have on Israel’s new offensive in Gaza remains to be seen, particularly as the policy relates only to new equipment.
UK should not follow down Biden’s ‘dark path’ on free speech, says Vance
The US vice president was speaking as part of a meeting with UK foreign minister David Lammy
The Little-Known Role of Jimmy Doolittle in Nagasaki Atomic Bombing
Lt. Col. James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle famously led the first U.S. strike against the Japanese homeland during World War II, and Doolittle as a lieutenant general also had a little-known role by happenstance in the last strike.