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Late NASA astronaut Jim Lovell remembered by Apollo 13 star Tom Hanks

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Tom Hanks shared a moving tribute to the late Jim Lovell on Friday, following his death at 97. The 69-year-old actor was well acquainted with the former NASA astronaut's accomplishments after having played him in Ron Howard's film Apollo 13. Lovell commanded the failed Apollo lunar mission in 1970, but he helped to rescue himself and his crew mates by returning the ship back to Earth after an oxygen tank had exploded on the voyage through space. In a text post shared on Instagram, Hanks wrote, 'There are people who...

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