After six successful Apollo flights, including two lunar landings, people were getting bored. — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
I was a naval officer and aviator. I tested airplanes and got selected to be an astronaut later on. — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
In space-flight terms, six landings on the moon back in the Sixties and Seventies doesn't mean much. — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
“From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. It wasn't a miracle, we just decided… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
For most of the time carrier aviation is more challenging than flying in a spacecraft — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
It looks to me, looking out the hatch, that we are venting something. We are venting something out into the - into… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
If you're going to go into space, you have to have an objective, a mission. Where do you want to go? Earth… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
The real friends of the space voyager are the stars. Their friendly, familiar patterns are constant companions, unchanging, out there. — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
Mars is a long ways away. The moon is only 240,000 miles, but Mars is in the millions. It's too risky without… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
I didnt go into the NASA program to pick up rocks or to go the moon or anything else. I went in… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
I was only a hero by default. The flights were few and far between. There weren't that many astronauts. The moon flights… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
I would suspect strongly that over a period of time, if we put our mind to going to Mars, it will be… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
Well, Frank, my thoughts are very similar. The vast loneliness up here at the moon is awe-inspiring, and it makes you realize… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
We got to the moon on Christmas Eve 1968, at the end of a poor year for this country. We had Vietnam.… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
We learned a lot about the Moon, but what we really learned was about the Earth. The fact that just from the… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
The fascination to go into space has existed for hundreds of years. But as we do things and they're successful, people get… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
My view is that we should go back to the moon, build up the infrastructure to make flights there commonplace - be… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
It looks to me, looking out the hatch, that we are venting something. We are venting something into the-into the space. — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
For some time, I thought Apollo 13 was a failure. I was disappointed I didn't get to land on the moon. But… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job. — Jim Lovell Copy Share
I would suspect strongly that over a period of time, if we put our mind to going to Mars, it will be a consortium… — Jim Lovell Copy Share
In space-flight terms, six landings on the moon back in the Sixties and Seventies doesn't mean much. — Jim Lovell Copy Share
The real friends of the space voyager are the stars. Their friendly, familiar patterns are constant companions, unchanging, out there. — Jim Lovell Copy Share
If you're going to go into space, you have to have an objective, a mission. Where do you want to go? Earth orbit? The… — Jim Lovell Copy Share
I was only a hero by default. The flights were few and far between. There weren't that many astronauts. The moon flights were so… — Jim Lovell Copy Share
I was a naval officer and aviator. I tested airplanes and got selected to be an astronaut later on. — Jim Lovell Copy Share
Well, Frank, my thoughts are very similar. The vast loneliness up here at the moon is awe-inspiring, and it makes you realize what you… — Jim Lovell Copy Share
We learned a lot about the Moon, but what we really learned was about the Earth. The fact that just from the distance of… — Jim Lovell Copy Share
For most of the time carrier aviation is more challenging than flying in a spacecraft — Jim Lovell Copy Share
