Captain Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander.

Captain Jim Lovell, commander of the doomed Apollo 13 space
mission to the Moon. Jim, who died this month at the age of 97,
tells how he helped guide his stricken craft safely back to Earth
after it suffered a near catastrophic explosion in an interview
first broadcast in April 2020 on the BBC series 13 Minutes to the
Moon. He talks to Kevin Fong about the doomed Nasa mission, from
the shocking moment of the explosion to the enormous relief of
splashdown. Lovell shares the story of the lunar landmark he
named in honour of his wife. And he reflects on survival, the
global impact of Apollo 13, and what it meant to finally come
back to Earth.


(Image: Jim Lovell, Credit: Nasa)