Marilyn Lovell obituary: astronaut's wife showed grace under fire
Marilyn Lovell confronted the possibility of her Apollo 13 astronaut husband’s death with dignity while the nation looked on.
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Marilyn Lovell confronted the possibility of her Apollo 13 astronaut husband’s death with dignity while the nation looked on.
She embodied the glamour and the hardship of being married to an American hero. Her husband, Jim Lovell, was the captain of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission.
Walter Cunningham became the eighth Apollo astronaut to die in the last five years when he passed away this month aged 90. Here MailOnline looks at what happened to the 32 iconic US spacemen.
James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission, took the celebrated photograph of the first U.S. spacewalk, carried out by astronaut Edward H. White on June 3, 1965.