RIP Jim Lovell

[ruxCYtable]

Astronaut Jim Lovell, famed Apollo 13 commander, dies at 97

Lovell was also the first astronaut to go to space four times and part of the Apollo 8 crew, the first to launch on the Saturn V rocket and first to orbit the moon.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[CtownCyclone]

Houston, we've had a problem.

RIP.

 

[Remo Gaggi]

Real hero. Can’t imagine spending a week with another guy in a Gemini capsule, on the first crew to orbit the moon and of course Apollo 13.

 

[cedarstrip]

Sad to hear this. There was an article in the paper a few weeks ago about Apollo 13. It pointed out the movie release was 25 years after the launch and the movie is 30 years old. Yes, the release of the movie is closer in time to the launch than present day.

 

[Cyched]

97 is a good, long life. RIP.

 

[Entropy]

Eagle Scout and all around steely eyed missile man.
Fair winds and following seas.

 

[Gonzo]

"Apollo 13" is just a classic movie and love that Lovell made an appearance as the Admiral welcoming himself back.

 

[CyValley2]

A man of great tenacity born of his courage. I loved this guy.

 

[KnappShack]

A great era.

A shame we lost all momentum

 

[jsb]

Sad to hear this. There was an article in the paper a few weeks ago about Apollo 13. It pointed out the movie release was 25 years after the launch and the movie is 30 years old. Yes, the release of the movie is closer in time to the launch than present day.

He was 97 and his wife died a few years ago at 94. They had been married 71 years.

"Apollo 13" is just a classic movie and love that Lovell made an appearance as the Admiral welcoming himself back.

The book is really good.

 

[3TrueFans]

Fine I'll watch Apollo 13 again

 

[Kinch]

Lovell was on another mission that was iconic, Apollo 8. I remember being a little kid glued to the TV when the astronauts read from Genesis circling the moon on Christmas Eve. I remember that as much as Apollo 11 or 13. Also Lovells wife had a lunar mountain named after her. Lovell did as much to define NASA as Armstong and Aldrin.

 

[cytor]

As a fellow Eagle Scout, this makes me sad.

 

[Sigmapolis]

Real hero. Can’t imagine spending a week with another guy in a Gemini capsule, on the first crew to orbit the moon and of course Apollo 13.

There is a GREAT documentary on Apollo 11 using nothing but original footage and audio recordings from the NASA archive (no contemporary interviews or narration) save a few animations.



It is almost comical the level of technology (especially computing) the Gemini and Apollo missions had to work with yet they put a man on the moon and never lost a man while in flight.

I'm not an engineer, but the fact it was done with more-or-less analog machines still amazes me.

The men who went up in those tin cans... stone cold badasses.