A Widowed Father Flies to the Moon: Top Photos

A widowed father walked his daughters through the will, then flew to the Moon.

S68-56533 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., command module pilot, is shown during intravehicular activity (IVA) on the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. This still print was made from m
Jim Lovell aboard Apollo 8 in 1968. Two months before his death in August 2025, Lovell recorded a message the Artemis II crew heard on Flight Day 6: "Welcome to my old neighborhood." © NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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