Jim Lovell Ride Way. Lovell's formal education consisted of the following: Lovell's awards and decorations include: About a month after the return to Earth of Apollo 13, Lovell and his crewmates, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert, appeared on "The Tonight Show" with host Johnny Carson. The introduction of this segment of the show is featured on "Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13" on the single disc DVD version of the movie. In 1976, Lovell made a cameo appearance in the Nicolas Roeg movie "The Man Who Fell to Earth". In 1995, actor Tom Hanks portrayed Lovell in the film "Apollo 13",
Apollo 11 at the Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas, who was the only person who communicated directly with the flight crew. For Apollo 11, the CAPCOMs were: Charles Duke, Ronald Evans, Bruce McCandless II, James Lovell, William Anders, Ken Mattingly, Fred Haise, Don L. Lind, Owen K. Garriott and Harrison Schmitt. The four shift flight directors for this mission were: The Apollo 11 mission emblem was designed by Collins, who wanted a symbol for "peaceful lunar landing by the United States". At Lovell's suggestion, he chose the bald eagle the national bird of the United States, as the symbol. Tom Wilson,