US astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, dead at 97 • FRANCE 24 English

US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the age of 97, NASA announced on August 8.
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