Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: James `` Jim '' Arthur Lovell , Jr. , ( born March 25 , 1928 ) is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy , most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission , which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission control .
Simplified: Jim Lovell ( born March 25 , 1928 ) is a former Astronaut .