Jack Pelton paid tribute to the late great astronaut after recalling Lovell’s impact on AirVenture over the years.

Tom Hanks posted a tribute on social media to James Lovell, who died on Aug. 7. Lovell was a NASA astronaut known for commanding the troubled Apollo 13 mission. That mission was turned into a hit 1995 film from director Ron Howard starring Hanks as Lovell.

The Oscar-winning actor played the real-life commander of the 1970 space mission that nearly ended in tragedy.