Jack Swigert
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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
Swigert in 1971
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
Apollo 13 (film)
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Apollo 13 is a 1995 American docudrama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan. The screenplay by William Broyles Jr.
Jack Swigert
…In 1988, Swigert was inducted into the Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame. In 1995, Swigert was portrayed by Kevin Bacon in Ron Howard's film Apollo 13. In 1997, Swigert, along with 23 other Apollo astronauts, was posthumously inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame which is located at the Kennedy…
Theatrical release poster
Ron Howard (right) with Tom Hanks (left) and the production crew during filming at the KSC in December 1994
Apollo 13 Command Module prop from the film.
Tom Hanks 2016