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“I didnt go into the NASA program to pick up rocks or to go the moon or anything else. I went in there because I was a military officer, and that was the next notch in my profession.”

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Jim Lovell
Jim Lovell

Jim Lovell is an accomplished American astronaut, born on March 25, 1928. He served as the commander of the Apollo program, participating in the Apollo 7, Apollo 13, and Apollo 14 missions, becoming a key figure in space exploration. more

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