Happy Birthday to Jim Lovell! #NASA #Apollo8 #Apollo13 #Gemini7 #Gemini12 Fun-Fact of Ron Howard's movie (A13) where Lovell had his cameo as the ship captain shaking hands with Tom Hanks. Howard wanted him as acting Admiral but Lovell insisted on his rank as Navy captain. He denied former higher military ranks in his career without duties. He authored 1994 book Lost moon that became base of the movie. @astrokramkiste

Also, true story. #MyHero #JimLovell #NASA #Gemini12 #Apollo8 #Apollo13

He's still, alive and well at age 94.

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