Apollo 13 moon mission commander James Lovell dies at 97

US space agency NASA says James Lovell, the commander of the abortive Apollo 13 moon mission in 1970, has died at the age of 97. In 1968, the Ohio-born Lovell took part in man's maiden voyage to the moon aboard Apollo 8. Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to achieve lunar orbit. NASA said Lovell died in Illinois on Thursday.