Who is Barbara Lovell, Jim Lovell's daughter?

Publish date: 2024-05-21

Barbara Lovell is the daughter of Jim Lovell. Barbara Lovell’s father is one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He is a retired NASA astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, he was the command module pilot of Apollo 8, together with Frank Borman and William Anders. He then went on to command the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 which, after a critical failure en route, circled the Moon and returned safely to Earth. Aside from being a national treasure, Jim is also a family man. Who is Jim Lovell’s daughter Barbara?

Barbara Lovell: Bio Summary

Full Name Barbara Lovell Harrison
famous asDaughter of Jim Lovell
Age70 years old as of 2023
Date of BirthOctober 13, 1953
Place of Birth United States of America
Zodiac signCapricorn
NationalityAmerican
EthnicityCaucasian
SiblingsJeffrey LovellJay LovellSusan Lovell
Parents Jim Lovell, Marilyn Lovell

Did Jim Lovell have kids?

Barbara Lovell was born on October 13, 1953, in the United States of America. She is 70 years old as of 2023. She is the daughter of  Jim Lovell and Marilyn Lovell. Jim and Marilyn are the parents of 4 children- Barbara is the eldest child of the family. The other three children are Jeffrey LovellJay Lovell, and Susan Lovell. The couple raised their children on the East and West coasts but spent most of their time in Houston, Texas. 

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Barbara Lovell was 16 when his father helped avoid disaster aboard Apollo 13

The malfunction of Apollo 13, which Barbara’s father Jim commanded, was caused by an explosion and rupture of oxygen tank no.2 in the service module. The explosion ruptured a line or damaged a valve in the number one oxygen tank, causing it to rapidly lose oxygen.

On April 17, the command module of Apollo 13 entered Earth’s atmosphere and splashed down on the target. The mission was dubbed a “successful failure” because all of the crew members survived a catastrophic accident. Barbara Lovell was 16 years old at the time of the events. Tom Hanks portrayed her father’s heroism in the film Apollo 13 as he helped avoid disaster aboard Apollo 13. Barbara has been credited for the film per IMDB.

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On that day, her mother came to her room and told her there was a problem on the flight and that her daddy wouldn’t make it to the moon. “I was worried about my dad not being able to step on the moon. I knew that was his lifelong goal,” she said, Per Houston Chronicle reported. “My mom told me not to worry, but it was harrowing at that age, to understand how serious it was.“

She also admitted that it was hard to be the child of an Apollo astronaut — they often didn’t see their fathers until the weekend and never knew if they were in Houston, in Florida, or space, Barbara Lovell told Houston Chronicle during a panel at Space Center Houston, the visitor’s center for NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

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“Our children are the next generation, and the ones after that,” Barbara Lovell-Harrison went on to say. “And I’m truly hoping my grandson will be on Mars someday.” Her brother Jeffrey was also in attendance at the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar mission, which landed on the moon on July 20, 1969.

Where is Jim Lovell’s daughter now?

Barbara put the space program behind her for decades after leaving Houston. It wasn’t until recently that she began to accept it. When she isn’t traveling the country visiting her parents, her three children, or her six grandchildren, she is actively involved in anniversary and reunion events.

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She is shown here (right) with her daughter Caroline and one of her grandchildren. Her father on the other hand is 95 years old as of 2023, Her mother Marilyn Lovell is also 92 years old. They have been married for more than 7 decades since they first meet in high school.

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