WASHINGTON -- Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins reunited Friday on the eve of the 50th anniversary of humanity's first moon landing. They gathered in the Oval Office with President ...

Buzz Aldrin, the second man and only one of 12 to ever walk on the moon, turns 96 today. He’s just one of four living ...

Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin were friends for a long time. The legendary astronauts, globally known for their respective history-making Apollo missions, enjoyed a friendship that spanned decades. NASA ...

Jim Lovell, who was among the first astronauts to leave Earth’s gravitational pull, has died, NASA announced. He was portrayed by Tom Hanks in the movie "Apollo 13," which dramatized the nearly ...

A veteran of the early days of the U.S. space program has died. Astronaut Jim Lovell flew in space four times. He's best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13. That mission almost ended in ...

Jim Lovell, an astronaut best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, has died. He was 97. NASA announced his death Friday and included this statement from his family: “We are enormously ...

CHICAGO -- James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, ...

Famed NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, who commanded the harrowing Apollo 13 mission that was forced to abandon a lunar landing attempt in 1970, has died. He was 97. Lovell died on August 7 in Lake Forest, ...