Jim Lovell in bronze

[ToSeek]

A successful launch for Lovell

Astronaut James Lovell, the hero of a failed space flight to the moon who was immortalized in the 1995 film "Apollo 13," was immortalized again Tuesday morning when the Adler Planetarium unveiled a statue capturing him in bronze.

The sculpture, by the same artists who sculpted the statue of Michael Jordan that stands in front of the United Center, clearly dazzled Lovell, 77, when planetarium officials dropped a curtain to reveal the new artwork to a gathering of museum donors.

Located to the right of the planetarium's striking main entrance, the sculpture depicts Lovell in a dramatic real-life moment, floating in space's zero gravity and able to block Earth from view with the tip of his thumb extended at arm's length.

[pghnative]

When I clicked ToSeek's link, I was directed to a site registry. But via news.google, I found the same item here

[Swift]

Photo of the statue from the planetarium website
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Chicago NBC 5 has an article with a picture of the sculpture, and a video:

Space Hero Gets Special Honor At Adler

Sculpture Image

Hey, I can block out Earth with my thumb -- if I hold it very, very close to my eye.

Edit: Or... see the very much better image posted above, while I was gathering links.

[The Bad Astronomer]

I was at Adler last month, and they were prepping the area for the display. I have got to get back there... and come to think of it, I'll be heading that way for a meeting in November. Should be very cool.

[Melusine]

You know, I don't care for bronze statues when depicting people; it looks like he's been working in a coalmine, but maybe that's just me. It's a nice honor for him, though.