Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this 1999 oral history interview, astronaut Jim Lovell talks about his life & career. He remembers the famous Apollo 13 mission where he, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert had to find a way home after an oxygen tank exploded. He also recalls the Apollo 8 mission which was the first time humanity reached the Moon and the crew famously read the book of Genesis on Christmas Eve, 1968.

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