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6 unusual facts about Jim Lovell


Emily Ann Lloyd

She is best known for her role as Susan Lovell, the daughter of Jim Lovell, in Apollo 13.

Houston, We've Got a Problem

The title of the film is a misquotation of the ominous announcement made by Commander Jim Lovell following the explosion of an oxygen tank which tore off the side of the spacecraft service module.

Jim Lovell wrote a letter to TV Guide about the film, saying that the crises in Mission Control were dramatized.

Houston: We Have a Drinking Problem

The title alludes to the statement "Houston, we have a problem" somewhat inaccurately attributed to astronaut Jim Lovell aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft when an explosion in the Service Module endangered the crew.

James Lovell

Jim Lovell (born 1928), U.S. astronaut of Apollo 8 and commander of Apollo 13

Super Bowl III

Astronauts of the Apollo 8 mission (Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders), the first manned flight around the Moon, which had returned to Earth just 18 days prior to the game, then led the Pledge of Allegiance.


Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center

The merger was accomplished in three phases and is named in honor of Apollo 13 astronaut, Captain James A. Lovell, USN.

Lost Moon

Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 (1994), later renamed Apollo 13, is a book written by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger.


see also

Adler Planetarium

The exhibition begins with A Journey with Jim Lovell, featuring the fully-restored Gemini 12 spacecraft and the Lovell Collection of personal space artifacts.