On this day in 1928 – March 25th – Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

Lovell flew on Gemini 7 and Gemini 12. As a member of the crew of Apollo 8, he was one of the first three humans to orbit the Apollo 8, and Apollo 13. As the commander of Apollo 13, he was part of one of the most dramatic missions in NASA history.