Tom Hanks paid homage to the famed astronaut Jim Lovell, whom he portrayed in the Academy Award-winning 1995 feature Apollo 13, in the wake of his death.

Tom Hanks has paid tribute to James “Jim” Lovell, the NASA astronaut he famously portrayed in the 1995 film Apollo 13, following his death at the age of 97. Lovell, best known for delivering the infamous “Houston, we’ve had a problem” line during the ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13 mission, passed away Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Tom Hanks has shared a tribute to James A. Lovell, the astronaut he portrayed in the 1995 feature “Apollo 13.” Lovell died Thursday at the age of 97. The film, directed by Ron Howard, starred Hanks as Lovell and dramatized the Apollo 13 lunar mission,