Jim Lovell

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NASA astronaut author human naval officer

Jim Lovell is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission and as a co-author of the memoir "Lost Moon," which inspired the film "Apollo 13."

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA astronaut → author → human → naval officer →
awardReceived	Congressional Space Medal of Honor → Distinguished Flying Cross → NASA Distinguished Service Medal → Navy Distinguished Service Medal → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
coAuthorOf	Lost Moon →
coAuthorWith	Jeffrey Kluger →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	United States Naval Academy →
education	United States Naval Academy →
employer	NASA → United States Navy →
familyName	Lovell →
fieldOfWork	aeronautics → space exploration →
fullName	James Arthur Lovell Jr. →
givenName	James →
hasSpouse	Marilyn Lovell →
languageSpoken	English →
militaryRank	Captain (U.S. Navy) →
missionRole	command module pilot of Apollo 8 → command pilot of Gemini 12 → command pilot of Gemini 7 → commander of Apollo 13 → commander of Apollo 8 →
notableFor	being one of the first humans to orbit the Moon → co-authoring Lost Moon, basis for the film Apollo 13 → commanding the aborted Apollo 13 lunar mission → holding a spaceflight duration record in the Gemini era →
notableWork	Apollo 13 (mission reports and accounts) → Foreword to various spaceflight books → Lost Moon →
occupation	astronaut → author → naval aviator → test pilot →
participantIn	Apollo 13 → Apollo 8 → Gemini 12 → Gemini 7 → NASA Astronaut Group 2 →
portrayedBy	Tom Hanks →
sexOrGender	male →
spaceMissionsFlown	four crewed spaceflights →
subjectOf	film Apollo 13 →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Frank Borman ("James A. Lovell") → Frank Borman →	crewmate
Apollo 8 ("James A. Lovell Jr.") → Gemini 12 ("James A. Lovell Jr.") →	crewMember
Lost Moon →	author
Apollo 11 →	backupCommander
Apollo 13 →	basedOnAuthor
Jeffrey Kluger →	coAuthorWith
Gemini 12 ("James A. Lovell Jr.") →	commander
Apollo 8 ("James A. Lovell Jr.") →	commandModulePilot
Lost Moon →	depictsPerson
Jim Lovell ("James Arthur Lovell Jr.") →	fullName
Apollo 13 →	portraysCharacter