Tom Hanks pays tribute to Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell

Actor who portrayed commander in 1995 Oscar-winning film says Lovell dared to go to places most wouldn't go

Late Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell has received a tribute from Tom Hanks, the actor who brought him to life in an Oscar-winning movie and said he had gone places most wouldn't dare.

There are people who dare, who dream, and who lead others to places we would not go on our own," Hanks said of Lovell in a heartfelt Instagram tribute post published after the astronaut's death was announced on Friday. Jim Lovell, who for a long while had gone farther into space and for longer than any other person of our planet, was that kind of guy."