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Jim Lovell

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March 25, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

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Science, Biographies & Memoirs

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James "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr., (born March 25, 1928) is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy, most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission control. Lovell was also the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit. Lovell is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, the first of only three people to fly to the Moon twice, and the only one to do so without making a landing. Lovell was also the first American to fly in space four t...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 1,181 ratings · 129 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger 4.16 avg rating — 1,178 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Apolo 13 by Jeffrey Kluger, Jim Lovell 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	Apollo 13 Movie Story by Jane B. Mason, Jim Lovell (Based On Work by), Jeffrey Kluger (Based On Work by) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995	My rating:

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Quotes by Jim Lovell

“There are people who make things happen, there are people who
watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what
happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes
things happen.
”
― Jim Lovell

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“You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.”
― Jim Lovell

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“From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. It wasn't a miracle, we just decided to go.”
― Jim Lovell

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