Is Marilyn Lovell still alive?

Marilyn Lovell Matz (August 27, 1931 – April 13, 2012) was an American actress, singer, AIDS activist and therapist. Los Angeles, California, U.S. As a singer credited under her birth name of Marilynn Lovell, she released an LP on Jubilee Records in 1958, Scotch Mist, with arrangements by Stan Applebaum.
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Where do Jim and Marilyn Lovell live?

The “Houston” house belonging to Marilyn and Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) can be found at 18325 Index Street in Northridge, and it looks much the same today as it does in the movie.
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Where does Jim Lovell currently live?

Lovell is a veteran of four space missions and received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. At age 92, he lives in suburban Chicago.
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How many grandchildren does Jim Lovell have?

Lovell and his wife of 65 years, Marilyn, have four adult children, 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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How many Apollo astronauts got divorced?

However, the publicity took its toll. There were thirty married astronauts during the Gemini and Apollo programs—all but seven marriages ended in divorce. Love wasn't always lost, however.
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Did Fred Haise throw up on Apollo 13?

Fred Haise, played by Bill Paxton, really did throw up a little (and just once) in space, but from lingering effects of a virus, not motion sickness. They used Beef-a-Roni for space vomit and, after losing some sort of bet with Hanks, Paxton ate whatever was left in the can.
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Are any of the astronauts from Apollo 13 Still Alive?

Other astronauts from the program who are still alive include: Walter Cunningham, 89 (Apollo 7) William Anders, 87 (Apollo 8) Fred Haise Jr., 87 (Apollo 13)
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Are any of the Apollo 11 crew still alive?

Four of them are still living as of April 2022. All of the crewed Apollo lunar landings took place between July 1969 and December 1972.
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How much do astronauts get paid?

The pay grades for civilian astronaut candidates are set by federal government pay scales and vary based on academic achievements and experience. According to NASA , civilian astronaut salaries range from $104,898 to $161,141 per year. Here are a few of the benefits offered to civilian astronauts: Health care.
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Did Marilyn Lovell lose her ring?

Marilyn Lovell really did lose her ring down the drain, but eventually found it again. When the real Jim Lovell saw the film, he found the CGI work so convincing that he firmly believed that the filmmakers had uncovered some hitherto unseen NASA footage.
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Did Jack Swigert get married?

Swigert never married, with his NYT obituary describing him as a lifelong bachelor (the term is decidedly not, in this case, a euphemism for homosexuality).
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What hotel does Jim Lovell's wife stay in?

Afterward, Lovell, who had orbited the Moon on Apollo 8, tells his wife Marilyn that he intends to return to the Moon to walk on its surface. The wives and girlfriends of the astronauts all stay at the Safari Inn during the mission.
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What did Jim Lovell say to Tom Hanks?

'Houston, we've had a problem'

For years, people thought mission commander Jim Lovell -- portrayed by Hanks -- said "Houston, we have a problem." People even still utter the words to this day. But what Lovell said was, "Houston, we've had a problem." The discrepancy was known when the movie was filmed.
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Did Mattingly walk on the Moon?

Space career

Mattingly and his commander from Apollo 16, John Young, are the only people to have flown to the Moon and also a Space Shuttle orbital mission (Fred Haise, his former training crewmate from Apollo 13, did atmospheric flight testing of the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests).
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Did Fred Haise get the measles?

Two days before launch, NASA officials approach Lovell with some bad news: One of the backup astronauts caught the measles from his kid a few weeks earlier, and the entire Apollo 13 crew has been exposed. Lovell and Fred Haise, the lunar-module pilot, are immune because they had the infection as children.
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Was Jim Lovell an Eagle Scout?

Jim Lovell is best known as the Commander of the Apollo 13 mission. He was also an Arrowman. Lovell was an Eagle Scout serving in Milwaukee County Council and in 1946 served as lodge treasurer of Mikano Lodge. Lovell piloted the Gemini 7 space flight in December of 1965 and Gemini 12 in November of 1966.
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Did Trudy and Gordo divorce?

Trudy Cooper is the wife of Gordo Cooper, though they eventually divorce.
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How many of the Mercury 7 wives are still alive?

Only three Project Mercury wives are alive — Scott Carpenter's former wife, Rene; John Glenn's wife, Annie, and Gus Grissom's widow, Betty. Glenn is the lone survivor of the original seven. Josephine was the daughter of Donald and Josephine Fraser, born and raised in Seattle. She spent a year in Coronado.
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Are any of the original Mercury 7 astronauts still alive?

The four surviving Mercury 7 astronauts at a reception after Shepard's memorial service in 1998. Left to right: Glenn, Schirra, Cooper and Carpenter. All are since deceased.
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