chuckles Jeff Lovell, whose father, Jim, is best known for commanding Nasa’s ill-fated Apollo ... film, Apollo 13, in which Lovell is played by Tom Hanks, and his crew members, Jack Swigert ...

1970—the whole world watched as NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz led a team that worked around the clock to rescue Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise. After an explosion ...

The Apollo 13 mission, part of NASA’s ongoing human ... The best they could hope for was to get Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert home alive. But further challenges plagued their journey ...

The Apollo 13 mission ... tank 2 blew up. Swigert relayed a message to Mission Control: “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” The flight controller (CAPCOM) Jack Lousma in Houston ...