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Mission Commander
Capt.James A. Lovell, Jr., USN (Retired)
Personal: Born March 25, , Cleveland, Ohio.
Education: B.S., U.S. Naval Academy,
Spaceflights: Pilot, Gemini 7 ().
Command pilot, Gemini 12 (). Command module pilot, Apollo 8 (). Commander, Apollo 13 ().
Chosen with the second group of astronauts in Was backup pilot for Gemini 4, pilot of Gemini 7, backup command pilot for Gemini 9, command pilot for Gemini 12, command module pilot of Apollo 8, backup commander for Apollo 11, and commander of Apollo Became Deputy Director of Science and Applications at the Johnson Space Center in May Left NASA and the Navy in March to become President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bay-Houston Towing Company, but resigned that position on January 1,, to become President of Fisk Telephone Systems in Houston.
On January 1, , he became Grou