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Fred Wallace Haise Jr. (/ h eɪ z / HAYZ; 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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- June 29, 1979
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.
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Jul 24, 2023 · Fred Haise was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in 1966 and served as backup for several Apollo missions. He was the lunar module pilot for Apollo 13, which was aborted after an explosion en route to the Moon.
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.
Aviator, Astronaut, Aeronautical Engineer. Enshrined: 2023. Birth: November 4, 1933. Fred Haise. Haise’s aviation career began in 1952 when he entered Naval Aviation Training without prior aviation experience—graduating as a Naval Aviator in the USMC. He served in VMF 114 and VMF 533 and as an instructor in Navy Advanced Training Command.
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.
Apr 13, 2020 · Fifty years ago, the Apollo 13 crew faced a near-fatal explosion that threatened to strand them in space. Read their interview with collectSPACE about how they solved the problem and what they would have done on the moon.
