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Astronaut Jim Lovell, Leader of Mission
Apollo 13
The legendary, died on Thursday (7/8).He exhaled his last breath at the age of 97 years.
“Lovell died on August 7 in Lake Forest, Illinois,” said NASA’s press release, launch
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In a statement, the family claimed to be proud of the achievement of Lovell during his lifetime.
“We are proud of the achievements of his extraordinary life and career, which is marked by his legendary leadership in pioneering space airplane flights,” wrote the family’s statement.
Lovell is one of the most famous astronauts.Before leading the Apollo 13 mission, he had also flew into space with Gemini 7 mission, Gemini 12, and Apollo 8.
However, the Apollo 13 mission he led became the most legendary space mission.The plane was unable to land on the moon because it exploded instantly while in 322 thousand kilometers from Earth.
Three crew members of the high -risk emergency landing in the South Pacific Ocean about three days after the explosion.This makes the Apollo 13 mission considered a ‘successful failure’ because it succeeded in bringing the crew back to earth with congratulations.
I was so dramatic, the incident was filmed by director Ron Howard with the same title.In the film released in 1995, the Lovell character was played by Tom Hanks.
As a person who ever played him, Tom Hanks also conveyed a deep sorrow.
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“There are people who are brave, who dream, and who lead others to places that we will not visit themselves,” Hanks said in an Instagram upload on Friday (8/8).
“Jim Lovell, who has long been going into space and longer than anyone on our planet, is a figure like that,” he added.
Lovell is also the first astronaut to carry out four space flights, with a total of more than 715 hours in space.He also became the first human to see the moon close for the second time.
After the Apollo 13 mission, Lovell received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in April 1970. He then retired from the Navy and NASA in March 1973.
Lovell was also appointed into the US Astronauts Hall of Fame in March 1993 and was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton in 1955.
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