Tom Hanks paid tribute to Jim Lovell, the astronaut he portrayed in Apollo 13, following news of Lovell’s death Friday at the age of 97. “There are people who dare, who dream, and who lead others to ...

Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton led the cast, each playing the real-life astronauts who manned the mission. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including two acting nominations for ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell, whose history-making leadership as commander of a near-disastrous 1970 mission to the moon is one of the most celebrated tales of the U.S. space program and was chronicled in the ...