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It honors the memory of astronaut John L. "Jack" Swigert, Jr., the command module pilot for the Apollo 13 mission. During Apollo 13's April 1970 voyage to the Moon, an oxygen tank ruptured, placing the crew in peril. It was a time of high drama and high anxiety as people around the globe watched NASA work against the clock and against the.
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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.
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Crewed by Nasa astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise, Apollo 13 was supposed to be the third American mission to land on the lunar surface. During the journey to the Moon, an.
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Jack Swigert was one of nineteen applicants selected by NASA in its fifth astronaut class, in April 1966. As backup Command Module pilot for Apollo 13, just days before the mission he had to replace the prime Command Module pilot, Thomas K. Mattingly, following Mattingly's exposure to German measles.
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John "Jack" Swigert was a test pilot, aerospace engineer, politician and NASA astronaut who was most famous for his role as the command module pilot of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in.
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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.
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Biographical Data Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas 77058 National Aeronautics and Space Administration JOHN L. "JACK" SWIGERT, JR. NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED) PERSONAL DATA: Born in Denver, Colorado, on August 30, 1931. Single. Died December 27, 1982, of cancer.
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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.Controllers in Mission Control at the Manned Spacecraft.
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John "Jack" Swigert Fred Haise James A. Lovell, Jr. Commander Captain Lovell was selected as an astronaut by NASA in September 1962. He has since served as backup pilot for the Gemini 4 flight and backup commander for the Gemini 9 flight, as well as backup commander to Neil Armstrong for the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.
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NASA December 1971 โ Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr. NASA (11 April 1970) โ Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot for the Apollo 13 mission, has just suited up in the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Manned Spacecraft Operations Building during the Apollo 13 prelaunch countdown.
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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.
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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.
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When the astronauts were about 200,000 miles from Earth, Mission Control asked Swigert to "stir" the cryogenic tanksโa routine task that generated a totally unexpected event: An exposed wire.
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Jack Swigert, the astronaut commemorated at DIA, did an amazing thing 47 years ago today - Denverite, the Denver site! Jack Swigert, the astronaut commemorated at DIA, did an amazing thing 47.
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21 Quick Facts Also Known As: John Leonard Jack Swigert Jr. Died At Age: 51 Family: father: John Leonard Swigert Sr. mother: Virginia Swigert siblings: Elizabeth Berube, Virginia Spinelli Astronauts American Men Died on: December 27, 1982 Cause of Death: Cancer U.S. State: Colorado City: Denver, Colorado
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John Leonard "Jack" Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 - December 27, 1982) was an American test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and NASA astronaut, one of the 24 persons who have flown to the Moon. [2] [3] Swigert was born in Denver, Colorado.