In Brief: Apollo Astronaut Jim Lovell Dead At 97

Fabled Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell died Aug. 7, in Lake Forest, Illinois, at the age of 97. A Naval aviator with four years as a test pilot, Lovell first flew into space on Dec. 4, 1965, on Gemini 7. He was command module pilot and navigator on the six-day Apollo 8 mission in December 1968, which...

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