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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.
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.
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. Learn More About Fred Haise about Fred Haise
Apr 18, 2020 · 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.
Fred Haise was part of the crew of Apollo 13 that narrowly avoided disaster in 1970 after an on-board explosion caused the mission to be aborted when the craft was more than 200,000 miles (321...
Apr 15, 2020 · Fred Haise – Native Son-Turned-Enduring Hero. LaToya Dean. Apr 15, 2020. RELEASE S20-012. Fred Haise laughs like someone who has discovered the secret – that every day is a gift to be enjoyed. It is not even necessary to hear him laugh to realize this. Just seeing a photo of him in full-face delight is enough. He has seen behind the curtain.
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...
