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Jim Lovell

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James Arthur Lovell Jr. ( LUV-əl; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Lovell is the 34th most popular astronaut (down from 22nd in 2019), the 1,826th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,382nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Astronaut.

Jim Lovell is most famous for being the commander of the Apollo 13 mission. The Apollo 13 mission is the third manned mission to land on the moon. The mission was aborted because of an explosion in the service module.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Jim Lovell ranks 34 out of 556. Before him are Svetlana Savitskaya, Gerald Carr, Owen Garriott, William C. McCool, Edgar Mitchell, and Andriyan Nikolayev. After him are David Scott, Mark Kelly, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Pavel Popovich, Valery Bykovsky, and Gus Grissom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Jim Lovell ranks 93. Before him are Wolfgang von Trips, Burt Bacharach, John Stewart Bell, Patrick McGoohan, Walter Mondale, and Pierre Mauroy. After him are Colin Chapman, Erik Bruhn, Marco Ferreri, Hubert Selby Jr., Hans Blix, and Arman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Lovell ranks 1,826 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Skerritt (1933), Clara Bow (1905), Cliff Robertson (1923), Richard Serra (1939), Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903), and Kevin McHale (1957). After him are Douglas McGregor (1906), Dorothy Vaughan (1910), Minoru Yamasaki (1912), Teri Hatcher (1964), Larry Flynt (1942), and Henry Rollins (1961).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Jim Lovell ranks 24. Before him are Jack Lousma (1936), David M. Brown (1956), Gerald Carr (1932), Owen Garriott (1930), William C. McCool (1961), and Edgar Mitchell (1930). After him are David Scott (1932), Mark Kelly (1964), Margaret Rhea Seddon (1947), Gus Grissom (1926), James Irwin (1930), and Henry Hartsfield (1933).

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