John Leonard Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United...
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Apollo 13 (category Jack Swigert)
commanded by Jim Lovell, with Jack Swigert as command module (CM) pilot and Fred Haise as lunar module (LM) pilot. Swigert was a late replacement for Ken...
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Jack Swigert, or John L. "Jack" Swigert, Jr., is a bronze sculpture depicting the astronaut of the same name by George and Mark Lundeen, installed in...
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Houston, we have a problem (category Jack Swigert)
spacecraft en route to the Moon at 55:54:53 (03:07 UTC on April 14, 1970), Jack Swigert, the command module pilot, reported to Mission Control Center in Houston...
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Lovell, and Jack Swigert hold the record for the farthest distance from the Earth ever traveled by human beings. Haise and Jack Swigert were the first...
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Apollo 13 (film) (category Jack Swigert)
Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. The film tells the story of astronauts Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise aboard Apollo 13 for America's fifth crewed mission to...
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ruled this out, so two days before launch, Mattingly was replaced by Jack Swigert from the backup crew. Mattingly never developed rubella and later flew...
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Space Foundation (category Jack Swigert)
astronaut John L. 'Jack' Swigert Jr., one of the inspirations for creating the Space Foundation. Winners of the John L. Jack Swigert Jr., Award for Space...
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on the book. Fred Haise was not interested in the collaboration, and Jack Swigert had died of cancer in 1982. Apollo 13 was the third mission of the Apollo...
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immunity to the disease, he was replaced as command module pilot by Jack Swigert. Mattingly was reassigned as command module pilot of Duke's flight, Apollo...
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Apollo 13 mission, but three days before launch, he was replaced by Jack Swigert because he was exposed to German measles (which Mattingly did not contract)...
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for that reason, they have been awarded the prestigious 2024 John L. 'Jack' Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration. On 8 April 2024, at the opening ceremony...
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Apollo 13 April 11, 1970, 19:13 GMT Launch Complex 39A James Lovell Jack Swigert Fred Haise Saturn V (SA-508) Odyssey Aquarius 05 d 22 h 54 m 41 s Intended...
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NASA Astronaut Group 5 (category Jack Swigert)
time, having previously applied for NASA Astronaut Group 1 in 1959. Jack Swigert was applying for the third time, having previously applied for NASA Astronaut...
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features a bronze statue of Denver native Jack Swigert by Loveland, Colorado artist George Lundeen in Concourse B. Swigert flew on Apollo 13 as Command Module...
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Harrison Schmitt (redirect from Jack Schmitt)
Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, former NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico...
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Apollo 13 was crippled by the rupture of a service module oxygen tank, Jack Swigert's Speedmaster was used to time the critical 14-second burn using the lunar...
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single veteran as commander, with two rookies. Apollo 13 launched Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise in April 1970, headed for the Fra Mauro formation. But...
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public awareness of space programs, in 1998; and with the John L. "Jack" Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration on three occasions – in 2009 (as part...
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Michael Collins (Apollo 11) Dick Gordon (Apollo 12) Fred Haise (Apollo 13) Jack Swigert (Apollo 13) Stuart Roosa (Apollo 14) Al Worden (Apollo 15) Ken Mattingly...
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Shepard assigned Worden and four other Group 5 selectees, Ken Mattingly, Jack Swigert, Ronald Evans and Vance Brand, to the astronaut team dealing with the...
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the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative-elect Jack Swigert, a former astronaut who died of cancer before he could take his seat...
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Skyride Narrator Short film 1995 Murder in the First Henri Young Apollo 13 Jack Swigert Balto Balto (voice) 1996 Sleepers Sean Nokes Losing Chase — Director...
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Michael Collins (Apollo 11) Dick Gordon (Apollo 12) Fred Haise (Apollo 13) Jack Swigert (Apollo 13) Stuart Roosa (Apollo 14) Al Worden (Apollo 15) Ken Mattingly...
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and flew on Apollo 16. He also flew on STS-4 and STS-51-C John L. "Jack" Swigert Jr. – Flew as Mattingly's backup on Apollo 13. Fred W. Haise Jr. – Flew...
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The Astronaut Monument (category Jack Swigert)
Stuart Roosa Harrison Schmitt Russell Schweickart David Scott John L. Swigert Paul J. Weitz Clifton Williams Alfred Worden Seven of the trainees did...
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crew were bumped to Apollo 13. Mattingly would later be replaced by Jack Swigert as CMP on Apollo 13. During Projects Mercury and Gemini, each mission...
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in Harlem, New York City Apollo 13, carrying astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise, was launched from Cape Kennedy at 2:13 in the afternoon...
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JPL Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flight Team To Receive 2021 John L. 'Jack' Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration". Space Foundation. 2021-06-09. Retrieved...
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1, the first crewed Project Apollo mission, along with Ed Givens and Jack Swigert, two fellow members of his astronaut group. The astronauts assigned to...
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