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James Arthur "Jim" Lovell, Jr. (born March 25, 1928) is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy, most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission control. Lovell was also the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit. Lovell is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, the first of only three people to fly to the Moon twice, and the only one to have flown there twice without making a landing. Lovell was also the first person to fly in space four times.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1928, Lovell was the only child of his mother Blanche, who was of Czech descent, and his father, who died in a car accident in 1933. For about two years, he and his mother resided with a relative in Terre Haute, Indiana. Lovell's mother then moved them to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he graduated from Juneau High School and became an Eagle Scout.
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles in Splash (1984), Big (1988), Philadelphia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Saving Private Ryan, You've Got Mail (both 1998), The Green Mile (1999), Cast Away (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Captain Phillips, and Saving Mr. Banks (both 2013), as well as for his voice work in the animated films The Polar Express (2004) and the Toy Story series.
Hanks has been nominated for numerous awards during his career. He won a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia, as well as a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a People's Choice Award for Best Actor for his role in Forrest Gump. In 2004, he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Hanks is also known for his collaboration with film director Steven Spielberg on Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Terminal (2004), and Bridge of Spies (2015), as well as the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers, which launched Hanks as a successful director, producer, and writer. In 2010, Spielberg and Hanks were executive producers on the HBO miniseries The Pacific (a companion piece to Band of Brothers).
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was an officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War. After the war, he earned his bachelor's degree at Purdue University and served as a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station, where he logged over 900 flights. He later completed graduate studies at the University of Southern California.
A participant in the U.S. Air Force's Man in Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar human spaceflight programs, Armstrong joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1962. He made his first space flight as command pilot of Gemini 8 in March 1966, becoming NASA's first civilian astronaut to fly in space. He performed the first docking of two spacecraft, with pilot David Scott. This mission was aborted after Armstrong used some of his reentry control fuel to prevent a dangerous spin caused by a stuck thruster, in the first in-flight space emergency.
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Plot: Based on the true story of the ill-fated 13th Apollo mission bound for the moon. Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert were scheduled to fly Apollo 14, but are moved up to 13. It's 1970, and America have already achieved their lunar landing goal, so there's little interest in this "routine" flight.. until that is, things go very wrong, and prospects of a safe return fade.
Keywords: 1960s, 1970s, against-the-odds, air-pressure, aircraft-carrier, apollo-13, astronaut, bare-chested-male, baseball, based-on-bookActors: Kevin Bacon (actor), Tom Hanks (actor), Gary Sinise (actor), Daniel Wheatcroft (producer), Daniel Wheatcroft (producer),
Genres: Documentary, Short,MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics special presentation: Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell visits MIT 04-27-2016 to talk about the mission's "successful failure."
Jim Lovell, the real Captain of Apollo 13, speaks at the AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute To Tom Hanks. Subscribe to this channel for more exclusive videos from the AFI Archive: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AFI Follow AFI: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanFilmInstitute https://twitter.com/AmericanFilm https://instagram.com/americanfilminstitute http://americanfilminstitute.tumblr.com http://www.afi.com
Captain James A. “Jim” Lovell, Jr shared stories from his career as a naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut at the 2014 Vice Adm. Donald D. Engen Flight Jacket Night Lecture. Broadcast live on Friday, October 17, 2014, the event was a part of the National Air and Space Society Lecture Series. During his Naval career, Jim Lovell had numerous aviator assignments, including a 4-year tour as a test pilot at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland. He has logged more than 7,000 hours flying time--more than 3,500 hours in jet aircraft. Lovell was selected as an Astronaut by NASA in September 1962. He served as backup pilot for Gemini 4, backup Commander for Gemini 9, and backup Commander to Neil Armstrong for the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. On December 4, 1965, he and ...
Credit: NASA/JSC The Apollo 13 astronauts, James Lovell Jr., John Swigert, and Fred Haise Jr, are seen during this post flight press conference. They describe their mission and answer questions from the audience. Click to subscribe! http://bit.ly/subAIRBOYD The most viewed aviation channel on YouTube.
1995 interview of Commander Jim Lovell Apollo-Gemini astronaut talking about Apollo 13 and what caused the accident. Lower quality source, best available.
Apollo 13 Astronaut James Lovell talks about his Space Experiences during this Question and Answer session hosted by Physicist Brian Cox at the Space Lectures event in Pontefract. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=travelshorts Captain Lovell was selected as an Astronaut by NASA in September 1962. He has since served as backup pilot for the Gemini 4 flight and backup Commander for the Gemini 9 flight, as well as backup Commander to Neil Armstrong for the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. On December 4, 1965, he and Frank Borman were launched into space on the history-making Gemini 7 mission. The flight lasted 330 hours and 35 minutes and included the first rendezvous of two manned maneuverable spacecraft. The Gemini 12 mission, commanded by Lovell with Pilot...
Very interesting story from ryanmalham YouTube channel and produced by Ryan Malham TV: On August 17th, 2011, three Apollo astronauts visited troops at Camp Dubs, Afghanistan. Seated from right to left in the video: Jim Lovell, Neil Armstrong & Gene Cernan. Seated on the far left is David Hartman who was a popular TV host during the Apollo mission era.
video honoring Jim Lovell created for the Living Legends of Aviation ceremony, edited together by Tyler Griffin, Produced by Bill Maxwell for Inventive Productions, all rights of original film and video clips owned by their respective creators.
James Lovell the Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 Astronaut talks about his Space Career at a Space Lecture in Pontefract, UK. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=travelshorts Captain Lovell was selected as an Astronaut by NASA in September 1962. He has since served as backup pilot for the Gemini 4 flight and backup Commander for the Gemini 9 flight, as well as backup Commander to Neil Armstrong for the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. On December 4, 1965, he and Frank Borman were launched into space on the history-making Gemini 7 mission. The flight lasted 330 hours and 35 minutes and included the first rendezvous of two manned maneuverable spacecraft. The Gemini 12 mission, commanded by Lovell with Pilot Edwin Aldrin, began on November 11, 1966. ...
At the "Salute To The Pioneers Of Space" event today in Pensacola, FL Apollo 13 astronauts Fred Haise and Jim Lovell told two funny stories from the infamous mission.
Captain James Lovell was selected in September 1962 for the space program following his experience as a Naval Aviator and Test Pilot. He executed various commands in the Gemini mission program, including pilot on the Gemini 7 flight, which saw the rendezvous of two manned spacecraft in 1965. At the close of the Gemini program, Lovell became Command Module Pilot and Navigator on Apollo 8, backup commander on Apollo 11, and spacecraft commander on the perilous Apollo 13 mission in 1970. In 1973, Lovell left the space program to pursue a successful career as President of Bay-Houston Towing Company and Fisk Telephone Systems. In 1994, Lovell and Jeff Kluger co-wrote a book about the Apollo 13 mission, Lost Moon . His awards and honors include the Presidential Medal for Freedom and the Fren...
Jim Lovell begins by telling us about the movie Apollo 13 and how accurately the script and the actors (most notably Tom Hanks) portray what happened up there, in that tiny cockpit. For Jim Lovell, the recipe for success is fairly simple. To come out on top, businesses require leadership, team work, sharing of knowledge, and motivation. Leadership is fundamental; it must be in every facet of every organization: Businesses need good managers at every level to succeed. How to be a good manager? By sharing information with your team so that they feel involved, motivated, and ready to push on to reach their goals. Information and subscription on http://www.usievents.com Follow USI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/USIEvents Follow USI on LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/13Ls21Y Subscribe to our chann...
Gemini & Apollo Astronaut speaks to FOX about his signing along with Neil Armstrong & other Veteran NASA Astronauts of an Open letter criticizing U.S President Barrack Obama's cancellation of NASA's future Manned return missions to the moon by cutting funds to the Agency. Jim Lovell Gemini 7 - Pilot (December 4 - 18, 1965) Gemini 12 - Commander (November 11 - 15, 1966) Apollo 8 - Command Module Pilot (December 21 - 27, 1968) Apollo 13 - Commander (April 11 - 17, 1970)
A brief montage of his December 1, 1995 Ubben Lecture at the liberal arts college in Greencastle, Indiana.
Watch 'Go: The Great Race,' a special Through the Decades about the moon landing, on July 20. Hosted by journalist Bill Kurtis, the 90-minute Decades special 'Go: The Great Race' features original interviews with astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell, as well as Mercury space program engineers and journalist George Leopold.
Captain James Lovell's Apollo 13 chat with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.
Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell in a 1976 commercial for Tang breakfast drink
From The Howard Stern Show (1997) Stuttering John interviews Astronaut James Lovell from Apollo 13.
Retired Capt. Jim Lovell, a NASA Astronaut who flew in the Apollo 8 and 13 missions, spoke this Friday, April 15 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
From NASM, INFO/VIDEO (April 6, 2016): The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum 2016 Trophy for Lifetime Achievement was awarded to Capt. James A. Lovell. Lovell was as a naval officer, aviator, and a pioneer in the space program. The Lifetime Achievement Trophy recognizes the lasting impact his achievements have had on the history of space exploration. During his career, Lovell accumulated more than 7,000 flight hours, including 4,500 in jet aircraft, 715 in space, and 107 carrier landings, holding the record for time in space until surpassed by the Skylab flights. He participated in four historic NASA missions Gemini VII, Gemini XII, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13. Lovell was one of the first men to leave Earth’s gravitational pull, the first man to journey twice to the Moon, and was in...
more at http://scitech.quickfound.net/ Reupload of a previously uploaded film with improved sound and video, and all in one piece instead of parts. Project Gemini playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3F3CBF1CF714012E "Traces the major accomplishments of the Gemini manned space-flight program and their relationships to the Apollo lunar landing program." Public domain film from NASA, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and 1-pass exposure & color correction applied (cannot be ideal in all scenes). The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_12 Gemini...
Captain James "Jim" Lovell, Gemini and Apollo astronaut, presents the Astronaut Scholarship to senior aerospace engineering major Emily Boster. Lovell also talks about his experiences as an astronaut and the Apollo 13 incident.
This video contains historical footage of the flight of Apollo-13, the fifth Lunar Mission and the third spacecraft that was to land on the Moon. Apollo-13's launch date was April 11, 1970. On the 13th of April, after docking with the Lunar Module, the astronauts, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert, discovered that their oxygen tanks had ruptured and ended up entering and returning to Earth in the Lunar Module instead of the Command Module. There is footage of inside module and Mission Control shots, personal commentary by the astronauts concerning the problems as they developed, national news footage and commentary, and a post-flight Presidential Address by President Richard Nixon. Film footage of the approach to the Moon and departing from Earth, and air-to-ground communication wi...