Space Explorer, Navy Officer and Family Hero: NASA dies on Astronaut Jim Lavel 97; Commander of Il-Fetted Apollo 13 Mission

American NASA astronaut Jim Lavel, who took over the Apollo 13 mission, forced to end his lunar landing in 1970, died on Friday at the age of 97.According to a NASA news, Lavel passed away in Lake Forest of Illinois. The cause of death was not immediately revealed.The Lavel was a leading person in the human spaceflight, the first astronaut to create and logging four spaceflights over 715 hours in space. Prior to Apollo 13, he flew on Mithun 7, Gemini 12 and Apollo 8 missions. Apollo 8, who revolved around the moon without landing, made Lowel the first person to see the moon twice to see the moon closely, CNN told.During the sick Apollo 13 mission, Lavel took command of the crew with Astronauts John Swigert Junior and Fred Hyise Junior. At a distance of about 200,000 miles from the Earth, his service module exploded an oxygen tank, causing his power and life support systems. Laval famous Mission Control was famous, “Houston, we had a problem.”Their lunar landing was released, the crew had to perform the important engine burn to loop the moon and set a course back to Earth. After a stressful journey, they fell down safely in the South Pacific Ocean after about three days. The mission is known as the “successful failure” of the Apollo program.The dramatic story of Apollo 13 was later revealed by Ron Howard’s 1995 film, “Apollo 13.” Was painted in.Lavel’s family issued a statement requesting confidentiality and said that “our beloved father, USN captain James A ‘Jim’ Lawal, a navy pilot and officer, an astronaut, and an astronaut was saddened to announce the passage of the passenger.” He said, “We are very proud of his amazing life and career achievements, which have been exposed by his famous leadership in leading human space flight. But, for all of us, he was father, grandfather and leader of our family. Most importantly, he was our hero.”Acting NASA administrator Sean Dafi praised Lavel’s legacy, saying that “under pressure, the cool strength helped safely return the crew to Earth and demonstrated quick thinking and innovation that informs the future NASA missions.”