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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.
Jun 6, 2024 · Fred Haise (born November 14, 1933, Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.) is an 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 in the service module.
Apr 18, 2020 · 50 years after Apollo 13, Fred Haise talks virus, regrets. 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.
Jun 18, 2024 · Haise was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as backup lunar module pilot for the Apollo 8 and 11 missions, and backup spacecraft commander for the Apollo 16 mission. Haise has logged 142 hours and 54 minutes in space.
Apr 10, 2020 · Fred Haise is a former U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps pilot and NASA astronaut most famous for his role as the lunar module pilot for the nearly-catastrophic Apollo 13 mission.
Apr 15, 2020 · Fred Haise signs a young visitor’s space suit during Stennis Space Center activities celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission in 1970. Haise, a Biloxi native, served as lunar module pilot on the mission.
Apr 13, 2020 · As the astronauts set to be the fifth and sixth people to walk on the moon, Jim Lovell and Fred Haise had undergone months of extensive preparation to carry out every aspect of NASA's Apollo 13...
May 23, 2013 · April 5, 2022 - His memoir, “Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey,” written with Bill Moore, is published. Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the life of astronaut Fred Haise.
Fred Haise, in full Fred Wallace Haise, Jr., (born November 14, 1933, Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.), 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 in the service module.
Sep 23, 2022 · In his new book, “Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey” (Smithsonian Books, 2022), Fred Haise, known to the world for his role as the lunar module pilot in Apollo 13, writes about his career in aviation, including his time as a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base.
