Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell to speak April 7 in Lexington

Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell will headline the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Foundation’s annual dinner at 6:30 p.m. April 7 at the Lexington Center’s Blue Grass Ballroom.

Lovell turned “Houston, we have a problem” into an enduring part of the American lexicon.

The dinner will fund ongoing research at the center, where researchers are engaged in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related illnesses.

Individual tickets are $175; table sponsorships start at $1,500. For more information, call 859-323-5374.

This story was originally published March 14, 2016 at 9:49 AM with the headline "Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell to speak April 7 in Lexington."