Real reason China wants to put a man on the moon by 2030

China's lunar ambitions have rocketed ahead of Britain and America. But with the cosmos predicted to be the battleground for ...

‘Houston, we’ve had a problem’: How the Apollo 13 space mission unfolded

There was an explosion on the spacecraft 200,000 miles from Earth, but miraculously everyone on board made it back home ...
Arizona Daily Star

Named for lunar lander, Module McGhee rockets on

The day Apollo 11 landed on the moon 40 years ago, it inspired Eddie Lee McGhee to name his newborn daughter after the lunar lander. But he didn't name her Eagle. He named her Module. Module McGhee ...

Alternative tribute at ancestral NI home of US astronaut who walked on moon to be considered

Hopes of having a blue plaque erected to acknowledge the Northern Irish roots of the eighth man to walk on the moon have been dashed because the astronaut was not born in Ulster.
GCN

China tests crewed spacecraft for future moon landing

China recently conducted a test of a lunar lander, marking a turning point in the country’s space ambitions. The experiment is a central part of efforts to land astronauts on the moon by the end of ...
Task & Purpose

Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 astronaut who helped avert disaster, has died

James Arthur Lovell Jr., the test pilot turned astronaut who helped prevent the Apollo 13 mission from ending in disaster, died on Thursday at the age of 97. NASA confirmed Lovell’s death on Friday, ...
AOL

Remembering Jim Lovell, the Most Down-to-Earth Astronaut

The safe return of the Apollo 13 astronauts after their lunar landing mission encountered technical difficulties, 17th April 1970. From left to right, Lunar Module pilot Fred W. Haise, Mission ...
Yahoo

Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97

NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, who helped turn the near-disastrous Apollo 13 moon mission into an inspiring tale of ingenuity and survival, has died at the age of 97. Jim Lovell passed away on Thursday ...
Astronomy

Jim Lovell in his own words

James Lovell's spaceflight career included Gemini 7 (first rendezvous), Gemini 12 (final Gemini mission), Apollo 8 (first manned lunar orbit), and Apollo 13 (critically damaged mission returning ...
Houston Chronicle

NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, dies at 97

Former NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, died Thursday in Illinois. He was 97. Lovell was a Navy test pilot selected for NASA’s second group of astronauts in ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Astronaut James Lovell, who commanded Apollo 13 and grew up in Milwaukee, dies at 97

James Lovell, who grew up in Milwaukee and became one of the most famous astronauts when he commanded the near-tragic Apollo 13 mission to the moon, died Aug. 7. He was 97. Lovell was among the first ...
Reno Gazette-Journal

Jim Lovell died months before 'Apollo 13' film's 30th anniversary return to theaters

Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell died six weeks before the movie about his rescue mission is set for a 30th anniversary rerelease in IMAX. Lovell, the 97-year-old Gemini XII and Apollo astronaut who died ...