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Astronaut Jim Lovell, who died Thursday, was part of the three-man crew on the Apollo 13 NASA mission in 1970.

Decades later, Lovell wrote a book about the near-disaster that inspired the Oscar-winning movie Apollo 13 .

Lovell and his crew members, Fred Haise Jr. and Jack Swigert, had decorated careers within the space agency. Today, Haise is the only living member of the famous mission.

“Houston, we have a problem.” The iconic five-word phrase spoken by Tom Hanks , portraying astronaut Jim Lovell , in the 1995 blockbuster Apollo 13 instantly became one of the most memorable movie quotes of all time. However, the line was one instance where director Ron Howard ’s Academy Award–winning movie took some creative license.

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