WikiPop's Pick · August 9, 2025
Jim Lovell
American astronaut (1928–2025)
On August 9, 2025, the most-viewed article on Wikipedia was Weapons (2025 film), with 532,725 views. It was already WikiPop's pick on August 8, and we don't repeat an article within 30 days. So WikiPop's pick is #2, Jim Lovell, with 234,972 views.
James Arthur Lovell Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 which, after a critical failure en route, looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth.
