Astronaut James Lovell - RIP

[WardenRoss]

We lost another hero.

"Houston......We have a problem."

May he Rest In Peace.


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[woodsltc]

A space pioneer and brave man....RIP Jim Lovell. God Bless and God Speed.

Don

 

[squirrelnest]

RIP ...

 

[mckenney99]

The BEST of America's BEST. God speed Commander/Captain Lovell. May he Rest In Peace.

 

[Neumann]

Met Jim Lovell once, at a speech he gave in Illinois. Commanding voice, commanding presence. RIP.

 

[S&W Fan]

As a child of the space age, born in 1956, the space race enthralled me like nothing else. Sitting in a cardboard box pretending to be an astronaut, getting to sit in the Gemini capsule at Smithsonian during a visit to my big sister in college at GW in D.C.-to me the astronauts were the coolest of the cool.

97 years is a heck of a run-RIP Captain, together with Marilyn for eternity.

 

[LVSteve]

Not only did he survive the Apollo 13 disaster, but he also flew several types of early carrier borne jets. Some of those aircraft back in the day were pretty unforgiving. A true hero. RIP.

 

[Rudi]

A hero for sure. The news said he was the only American to fly in space 4 times. RIP.

 

[old bear]

May he rest in peace!

 

[Roofuss]

Gods speed, a true American hero, rest in peace, sir !

 

[Chubbs103]

I met him twice. First time was very brief. He was at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola discussing the upcoming movie about Apollo 13. They had the book coauthored by CAPT Lovell for sale. It had Tom Hank's picture on the cover.

Just a couple of years later he came aboard the USS Eisenhower while we were deployed. He spoke as part of an aviation panel in the hangar deck, but afterwards the members of the panel had a sit down in CVIC with members of the airwing. I was truly honored.