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 ...

Famed Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell has died at the age of 97, NASA confirmed on Friday. Lovell's cause of death was not revealed, but NASA announced that he passed away on Aug. 7 in Lake Forest, ...

The actor portrayed the leader of the mission to the moon in the 1995 film. By Lexi Carson Associate Editor “There are people who dare, who dream and who lead others to the places we would not go on ...

James Lovell was the commander of the Apollo 13 mission. The dramatic story of those astronauts returning to earth after major mechanical problems in space was made into a hit movie starring Tom Hanks ...

Director Ron Howard's "Apollo 13," the cinematic account of the ill-fated lunar flight in 1970, blew out the candles on its big 30th birthday on June 30, 2025. But in case you missed the celebration, ...

Tom Hanks is sharing a touching sendoff for Jim Lovell, the Apollo 13 commander Hanks portrayed in the Oscar-winning film of the same name 30 years ago. Hours after news of Lovell's death at 97 on Aug ...

Kevin Costner was initially considered for a famous Tom Hanks role, but it appears he turned it down. Costner starred in several big movies in the 1990s, including his Best Picture-winning Dances With ...

Thirty years after depicting space like no film before (or since), Ron Howard and his crew — including Tom Hanks, Brian Grazer, Ed Harris, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Kathleen Quinlan and Clint Howard — ...

The opening scene of Apollo 13, the film based on astronaut James Lovell’s harrowing space ordeal, doesn’t start with his transmission to mission control: “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” Instead, we ...

Back in the summer of 1995, a friend asked if I wanted to see Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie with him and his mom. I immediately ran home to run it by my parents, but was dismayed when my dad ...

Tom Hanks paid tribute to Jim Lovell, the astronaut he portrayed in Apollo 13, following news of Lovell’s death Friday at the age of 97. “There are people who dare, who dream, and who lead others to ...