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JIM LOVELL
NASA ASTRONAUT

FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT JIM LOVELL IS PROBABLY MOST WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS COMMANDER
OF THE APOLLO 13 MISSION. BUT THE OHIO-BORN NAVY OFFICER WAS ALSO PART OF THE CREW OF APOLLO
8 WHICH WAS THE FIRST MANNED ORBIT OF THE MOON. HE RETIRED FROM NASA IN 1973 AND BECAME
PRESIDENT OF FISK TELEPHONE SYSTEMS. HE IS A RECIPIENT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL SPACE MEDAL OF
HONOR AND THE PRESI