Space suits act like miniature spacecraft, giving astronauts the ability to work, breathe, and live in the vacuum of space.

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an oxygen tank explosion, has died. He was 97.

One of NASA's most traveled astronauts in the agency's first decade, Lovell flew four times: Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13.

Lovell’s life was a bridge between Earth and the cosmos, a reminder that exploration is not just about reaching new worlds ...

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an oxygen tank explosion, has died. He was 97.

Jim Lovell, who died last Thursday at 97, never set foot on the lunar surface. Yet his astronaut career still secured him a place in the pantheon of American space heroes.

In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut James Lovell, Apollo 13 commander, poses for a portrait in his space suit on Feb. 16, 1970. CHICAGO — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn ...

During the mission, he and fellow astronauts Frank Borman and William Anders became the first three people to successfully fly to and orbit the moon, paving the way for Apollo 11’s historic moon ...