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Jim Lovell

Born

in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

March 25, 1928

Died

August 07, 2025

Genre

Science, Biographies & Memoirs

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James Arthur Lovell Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 which, after a critical failure en route, looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth.
A 1952 graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Lovell flew F2H Banshee night fighters. He was deployed in the Western Pacific aboard the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La. In January 1958, he entered a six-month test pilot training course at the Naval Air Test Center at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Mary ...more

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	Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger, Fred Sanders (Narrator) 4.39 avg rating — 10,177 ratings — published 1994 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mission Moon 3-D: A New Perspective on the Space Race by David J. Eicher, Charlie Duke (Foreword), Brian May (Creative Director) 4.44 avg rating — 43 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apollo Expeditions to the Moon: NASA’s Moon Landing Program by James C. Fletcher, Alan Shepard, James E. Webb 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	AuScope VLBI Project and Hobart 26-m Antenna 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apollo 13 leadership : down-to-earth lessons for you and your organization by James A. Belasco, Jim Lovell (With) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robert Goddard’s Massachusetts by Kevin Schindler, Charles Slatkin, Jim Lovell (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There are people who make things happen, there are people who
watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what
happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes
things happen.
”
― Jim Lovell

tags: inspirational

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“From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. It wasn't a miracle, we just decided to go.”
― Jim Lovell

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“There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen.”
― Jim Lovell

tags: make-it-happen

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Time - actually past time - for our next nonfiction book. This one selected will be for Sept and Oct.

Poll will remain open until Aug 30th. Good luck to all

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

5 votes, 29.4%

Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass—How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up by Dave Barry

3 votes, 17.6%

Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste by Bianca Bosker

2 votes, 11.8%

Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell

2 votes, 11.8%

Finding Me by Viola Davis

2 votes, 11.8%

The Autobiography of an Execution by David R. Dow

1 vote, 5.9%

Will's Red Coat: A Story of Friendship, Faith, and One Old Dog's Choice to Live Again by Tom Ryan

1 vote, 5.9%

Sage Warrior: Wake to Oneness, Practice Pleasure, Choose Courage, Become Victory by Valarie Kaur

1 vote, 5.9%

17 total votes

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