Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise during training at Cape Canaveral, 1970. (NASA


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In 2010, forty years after Apollo 13, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum welcomed Apollo 13 mission commander Jim Lovell, lunar module pilot Fred Haise, Apollo 16 command module pilot Ken Mattingly, and mission controller Gene Kranz for a panel discussion about that historic mission. Panel discussion about Apollo 13


Apollo 13 splashdown, James Lovell and Fred Haise, April 17, 1970 Apollo 13, Apollo space

Fred Haise, American astronaut, participant in the Apollo 13 mission (April 11-17, 1970), in which an intended Moon landing was canceled because of a rupture in a fuel-cell oxygen tank. The crew, which also included Jack Swigert and Jim Lovell, safely returned to Earth. Learn more about Haise's life and career.


Fred Haise (left) Jim Lovell, and Ken Mattingly pose in front of the launch pad Stock Photo Alamy

Charlie Duke, along with Jim Lovell and Fred Haise in Mission Control, during the Apollo 11 mission. In his distinctive southern drawl, Duke replied: "Roger, Tranquility. We copy you on the ground.


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US President Richard Nixon meets the Apollo 13 astronauts in Honolulu, Hawaii, after their safe return to Earth. From left to right (front row) Fred Haise, Jim Lovell, Richard Nixon and Jack Swigert.


Lot Detail Apollo 13 CrewSigned 10'' x 8'' Photo Issued by NASA Before The Nearly

Fifty-one years to the day of their historic splashdown, Apollo 13 NASA astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise greeted a bronze statue celebrating their momentous return to Earth after almost six.


Fred Haise, Jack Swigert, Jim Lovell

Apollo 13, U.S. spaceflight, launched on April 11, 1970, that suffered an oxygen tank explosion en route to the Moon, threatening the lives of three astronauts —commander Jim Lovell, lunar module pilot Fred Haise, and command module pilot Jack Swigert. Houston, we've had a problem Apollo 13 launch


Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise during training at Cape Canaveral, 1970. (NASA

With only 15 minutes of power left, astronauts Swigert, Jim Lovell and Fred Haise escaped to the "life boat" of the lunar module. Then-Goddard Center Director John Clark greets President Richard Nixon, who visited the center for an Apollo 13 briefing on April 14, 1970. At right is Henry Thompson, deputy director of manned flight support at Goddard.


Fred Haise (left) and Jim Lovell, the Apollo 11 Backup LM crew on the Sierra Blanca geology

The spacecraft ferrying astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise to their planned lunar landing had traveled just over 200,000 miles from Earth, and was approaching the moon's.


Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise during training at Cape Canaveral, 1970. (NASA

On board were astronauts James Lovell, John "Jack" Swigert and Fred Haise. Their mission was to reach the Fra Mauro highlands of the moon and explore the Imbrium Basin, conducting.


Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise during training at Cape Canaveral, 1970. (NASA

Fred Wallace Haise Jr. ( / heɪz / HAYZ; [1] born November 14, 1933) is an American former NASA astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, and a test pilot. He is one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, having flown as Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 13.


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In this April 10, 1970, photo, Apollo 13 astronauts, Fred Haise (from left), Jack Swigert and Jim Lovell gather for a photo on the day before launch.


‘Bored to Tears’ 45 Years Since the Unlucky Voyage of Apollo 13 (Part 1) AmericaSpace

Jim Lovell recounts the Apollo 13 disaster Fifty years later, the famous astronaut relives Apollo 13 — the Moon mission that almost didn't make it home. By Richard Talcott | Published: April.


Apollo 13 astronauts raise a toast to their recovery with new statue collectSPACE

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Fifty years after Apollo 13 blasted into space, carrying Biloxi, Mississippi native Fred Haise Jr., Commander James Lovell Jr. and John Swigert Jr. to the moon, the "unlucky 13" seems to be at work again. The 50th anniversary of the April 11, 1970 launch was to be marked with nine ceremonies across the country.


James Lovell, John Swigert, Fred Haise

The Apollo 13 crew consisted of Commander James 'Jim' Lovell Jr., Command Module Pilot John 'Jack' Swigert and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise Jr. Fifty-one years later, the surviving.


Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise during training at Cape Canaveral, 1970. (NASA

Astronaut James A. Lovell. NASA Apollo 13: The Successful Failure On April 11, 1970, the powerful Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 13 mission launched from Kennedy Space Center propelling astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert on what was intended to be humanity's third lunar landing.


Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise during training at Cape Canaveral, 1970. (NASA

Apollo 13 crewmates Jim Lovell and Fred Haise strike the poses of their new statues at Space Center Houston. (Image credit: collectSPACE.com) "I was not feeling very well, despite my smiling face.