Fred Wallace Haise Jr. is an American former NASA astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, and test pilot. He is one of the 24 Apollo astronauts to reach the M
Haise in 1969
Haise practicing lunar EVA
Haise with Jim Lovell during geology training, February 24, 1969
John Leonard Swigert Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician. In April 1970, as command module pilot of A
Fred Haise
…Module Pilot on the aborted Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970. Due to the distance between the Earth and Moon during the mission, Haise, Jim Lovell, and Jack Swigert set the record for the farthest distance from the Earth ever traveled by human beings, which stood until the Artemis II lunar flyby in 2026. Haise and…
Swigert wearing his Air Force flight suit with a 118th Fighter Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard patch
Swigert (right) with the "mailbox" rig improvised to adapt the Apollo 13 command module Odyssey's square carbon dioxide scrubber cartridges to fit the Apollo Lunar Module Aquarius, which took a round cartridge
Swigert during suit-up before the launch of Apollo 13, April 11, 1970