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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.
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Jun 18, 2024 · 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 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.
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- Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11) NASA. Buzz Aldrin, right, along with his crewmates Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins, before their mission to the Moon. On 21 July 1969, former fighter pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin left his lunar landing craft and became the second person to step on the surface of the Moon.
- Bill Anders (Apollo 8) NASA. Along with fellow astronauts Jim Lovell and Frank Borman, Bill Anders was one of the first humans to orbit the Moon. In December 1968, Bill Anders flew on Apollo 8, the first mission in which humans travelled beyond low Earth orbit, and the first crewed flight to reach and orbit the Moon.
- Charles Duke (Apollo 16) There are only four people still alive who have walked on the Moon - Charlie Duke is one of them. He did it aged 36, making him the youngest person to set foot on the lunar surface.
- Fred Haise (Apollo 13) NASA. Fred Haise and his crewmates seemed surprised by their celebrity after they returned to Earth. 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 (321,000km) from Earth.
Apr 15, 2020 · Learn about Fred Haise's life and achievements, from his childhood in Mississippi to his role in the Apollo 13 mission. Haise shares his memories, insights and laughter in this NASA news release.
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...
