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CHICAGO (AP) — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA said in a statement on Friday. “Jim’s character and steadfast courage helped our nation reach the Moon and turned a potential tragedy into …

In 2010, Jim Lovell explored his Apollo 8 spacecraft at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. M. Spencer Green/AP hide caption toggle caption M. Spencer Green/AP Jim Lovell, an astronaut best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, has died. He was 97. NASA announced his death Friday and included this statement from his family: “We …

Astronaut Jim Lovell, best known as the commander of the near-tragic Apollo 13 mission to the moon, died Thursday in Illinois. He was 97. Lovell was a veteran of four spaceflights: Gemini VII, Gemini XII, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13. In a statement released Friday, the Lovell family highlighted his “amazing life and career accomplishments” and his “legendary leadership in …

Astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore is leaving NASA after a quarter-century of service. Wilmore flew on four different spacecraft during his astronaut career, which began way back in 2000. He spent a total of 464 days off Earth and conducted five spacewalks, during which he racked up 32 hours of outside-spacecraft time. “Butch’s commitment to NASA’s mission and dedication to human …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — One of NASA’s two previously stuck astronauts has retired from the space agency, less than five months after his unexpectedly long spaceflight came to an end. NASA announced Butch Wilmore’s departure on Wednesday. Wilmore and Suni Williams launched last summer as test pilots on Boeing’s first astronaut flight. What should have been a weeklong trip …

Twin brothers and former NASA astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly have each flown four missions and were part of NASA’s twin study to research the impact of spaceflight on the human body.  Hours before SpaceX planned to launch another crew to the International Space Station, which was scrubbed minutes before liftoff, they spoke to “CBS Mornings” about NASA cuts, spaceflight and the …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX scrubbed today’s (July 31) launch attempt of the Crew-11 astronaut mission for NASA. Launch officials called the scrub just over a minute before liftoff, due to a bank of cumulus clouds that appeared over in the skies over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center here. “Unfortunately, the weather is just not playing alongside with today’s excitement on …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Thick clouds prompted SpaceX to call off Thursday’s planned launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. The countdown was halted at the one-minute, 7-second mark. SpaceX’s next launch attempt from Kennedy Space Center is Friday, although the weather forecast is less favorable. The U.S., Japanese and Russian crew will spend at …

NASA astronaut Kathleen “Kate” Rubins has retired from the space agency after 16 years, two missions on the International Space Station, four spacewalks and 300 days in space. Her last day at Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston was Monday (July 28). In August 2016, while serving as a flight engineer on the space station’s 48th expedition crew, Rubins made …