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Jack Swigert. John Leonard Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) 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 Apollo 13, he became one of 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon.
Jun 6, 2024 · Jack Swigert was a U.S. astronaut and command module pilot on the Apollo 13 mission (April 11–17, 1970), in which an intended Moon landing was canceled because of a ruptured fuel-cell oxygen tank in the service module.
Dec 29, 1982 · Jack Swigert, a former astronaut from Colorado who was elected to the House of Representatives in November while suffering from cancer, died Monday night at Georgetown University Hospital in ...
Apr 9, 2020 · Jack Swigert was an expert pilot and NASA astronaut most famous for his role as command module pilot for Apollo 13.
Apr 14, 2016 · Initially the crew thought a meteoroid had hit them, but it soon became apparent they were losing oxygen. “It looks to me… that we are venting something,” replied Jack Swigert.
Apr 13, 2020 · During their third day in space, the crew of Apollo 13, Commander James A. Lovell, Command Module Pilot John L. “Jack” Swigert and Lunar Module Pilot Fred W. Haise, traveling some 205,000 miles from Earth, had just concluded a television broadcast that included views of their Lunar Module (LM) Aquarius and Command Module (CM) Odyssey.
Jul 24, 2023 · John L. “Jack” Swigert. Mr. Swigert was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 7 mission. Mr. Swigert was next assigned to the Apollo 13 backup crew and subsequently called upon to replace prime crewman Thomas K. Mattingly as command module pilot.
Aug 30, 2014 · In 1973, his chances to fly gone, he became the executive director of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology. His determined gaze turned to politics. A staunch Republican, Swigert first entered the political arena in 1978, when he campaigned for a seat in the U.S Senate.
Apr 17, 2020 · The crew of Apollo 13, Commander James A. Lovell, Command Module Pilot (CMP) John L. “Jack” Swigert and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Fred W. Haise, still 175,000 miles from Earth, looked back at the Moon and realized that according to the normal flight plan, Lovell and Haise would have just landed their Lunar Module (LM) Aquarius in the Fra ...
Jack Swigert was a U.S. astronaut and command module pilot on the Apollo 13 mission originally intended for a Moon landing but canceled because of a ruptured fuel-cell oxygen tank.
