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Fred Wallace Haise Jr. (/ h eɪ z / 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. He was slated to become the 6th person to walk on ...
Apollo 13 crew members Jack Swigert, Jim Lovell and Fred Haise pose for a photo. Apollo 13 stands as one of NASA's most monumental and near-fatal space missions decades after the event.
Fifteen astronauts, including fellow Apollo 13 crewmates Jim Lovell and Fred Haise, were among the thousand mourners at his full military honors funeral in Denver, presided over by Archbishop James Casey, which included a missing man flyover by A-7 Corsairs of the Colorado Air National Guard. [30]
April 11 – Apollo program: Apollo 13 (Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, Jack Swigert) is launched toward the Moon. April 13 – An oxygen tank in the Apollo 13 spacecraft explodes, forcing the crew to abort the mission and return in 4 days. April 17 – Apollo program: Apollo 13 splashes down safely in the Pacific.
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Fred W. Haise Jr. Biloxi, Mississippi, November 14, 1933 Haise joined the Naval Air Cadet program during the Korean War to avoid the draft. He qualified as a naval aviator in 1954, and elected to accept a commission in the USMC. He was separated from the USMC in September 1956, and entered the University of Oklahoma.
Jim Lovell and Fred Haise were scheduled to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 13 mission, but the lunar landing was aborted following an explosion in the spacecraft service module en route to the Moon. Haise was again scheduled to walk on the Moon as commander of Apollo 19, but Apollo 18 and Apollo 19 were canceled on September 2, 1970.
Fred Haise; A. Apollo 13; Apollo 13 (film) Approach and Landing Tests; The Astronaut Monument; N. NASA Astronaut Group 5 This page was last edited on 15 March 2020 ...