Apollo 13 splashdown, James Lovell and Fred Haise, April 17, 1970 Apollo 13, Apollo space


Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise during training at Cape Canaveral, 1970. (NASA

Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise knew that their chances of returning safely to Earth were poor. For days, they lived in refrigerator-like temperatures with only six ounces of water.


January 17, 1970 — Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell (left) and Fred Haise during water egress

In 2010, forty years after Apollo 13, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum welcomed Apollo 13 mission commander Jim Lovell, lunar module pilot Fred Haise, Apollo 16 command module pilot Ken Mattingly, and mission controller Gene Kranz for a panel discussion about that historic mission. Panel discussion about Apollo 13


For sale the numbers that stopped Apollo 13 getting lost in space The Times

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.


Apollo 13 splashdown, James Lovell and Fred Haise, April 17, 1970 Apollo 13, Apollo space

Jim Lovell recounts the Apollo 13 disaster Fifty years later, the famous astronaut relives Apollo 13 — the Moon mission that almost didn't make it home. By Richard Talcott | Published: April.


James Lovell and Fred Haise (2) Signed Photographs

Apollo 13 crewmates Jim Lovell and Fred Haise strike the poses of their new statues at Space Center Houston. (Image credit: collectSPACE.com) "I was not feeling very well, despite my smiling face.


Apollo 13 astronauts raise a toast to their recovery with new statue collectSPACE

Astronaut James A. Lovell. NASA Apollo 13: The Successful Failure On April 11, 1970, the powerful Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 13 mission launched from Kennedy Space Center propelling astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert on what was intended to be humanity's third lunar landing.


Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise during training at Cape Canaveral, 1970. (NASA

The spacecraft ferrying astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise to their planned lunar landing had traveled just over 200,000 miles from Earth, and was approaching the moon's.


Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise during training at Cape Canaveral, 1970. (NASA

The Apollo 13 crew consisted of Commander James 'Jim' Lovell Jr., Command Module Pilot John 'Jack' Swigert and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise Jr. Fifty-one years later, the surviving.


‘Bored to Tears’ 45 Years Since the Unlucky Voyage of Apollo 13 (Part 1) AmericaSpace

Fifty-one years to the day of their historic splashdown, Apollo 13 NASA astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise greeted a bronze statue celebrating their momentous return to Earth after almost six.


James Lovell, John Swigert, Fred Haise

Its commander Jim Lovell and pilot Fred Haise reflect on their fateful, flawed voyage to the moon By Robert Z. Pearlman Crew members of Apollo 13 exit a helicopter onto the USS Iwo Jima.


Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise during training at Cape Canaveral, 1970. (NASA

Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell (at left) and Fred Haise pose at the base of a lunar module simulator in January 1970. (Image credit: NASA) collectSPACE (cS): After the explosion itself,.


Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise during training at Cape Canaveral, 1970. (NASA

Apollo 13, U.S. spaceflight, launched on April 11, 1970, that suffered an oxygen tank explosion en route to the Moon, threatening the lives of three astronauts —commander Jim Lovell, lunar module pilot Fred Haise, and command module pilot Jack Swigert. Houston, we've had a problem Apollo 13 launch


Fred Haise, Jack Swigert, Jim Lovell

Fred Haise Haise and fellow Apollo 13 crewmen, James A. Lovell and Jack Swigert converted their lunar module "Aquarius" into an effective lifeboat. Quick Facts Haise was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1997. Haise served with the U.S. Air Force as a tactical fighter pilot.


S7034767 ( 228k or 935k ) Jack Swigert, Jim Lovell, and Fred Haise pose on the day before

Charlie Duke, along with Jim Lovell and Fred Haise in Mission Control, during the Apollo 11 mission. In his distinctive southern drawl, Duke replied: "Roger, Tranquility. We copy you on the ground.


Fred Haise (left) and Jim Lovell, the Apollo 11 Backup LM crew on the Sierra Blanca geology

In this April 10, 1970, photo, Apollo 13 astronauts, Fred Haise (from left), Jack Swigert and Jim Lovell gather for a photo on the day before launch.


Fred Haise (left) Jim Lovell, and Ken Mattingly pose in front of the launch pad Stock Photo Alamy

Fred Wallace Haise Jr. ( / heɪz / 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.