RIP Jim Lovell - Apollo 13 Commander dies at 97

[BigJay]

97 is a hell of a run

Astronaut Jim Lovell, famed Apollo 13 commander, dies at 97

Lovell was also the first astronaut to go to space four times and part of the Apollo 8 crew, the first to launch on the Saturn V rocket and first to orbit the moon.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[rdalert447]

Learned a lot about him at the Kennedy Space Center here in FL. I strongly recommend visiting to any tourists coming to Central Florida. About an hour drive from Disney.

Way cheaper than the theme parks and way more enlightening.

R.I.P.

 

[MinnesotaFats]

Only like 20 men in the history of the universe have seen the back side of the moon.

Think about that.

10 billion + have seen the moon, only 20 Americans its back side.