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John "Jack" Swigert
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John Swigert |
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Born on: |
30 Aug 1931 |
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Join NASA in: |
4 Apr 1966 |
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Current status: |
Died 27 Dec 1982 |
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Spaceflight |
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Apollo 13 |
CMP |
11.04. - 17.04.1970 |
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Spaceflight experience: |
John Swigert held a position
as engineering test pilot for North American Aviation, Inc.,
before joining NASA. He was also an engineering test pilot
for Pratt and Whitney from 1957 to 1964.
He served with the Air Force from 1953 to 1956 and, upon
graduation from the Pilot Training Program and Gunnery
School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, was assigned as a
fighter pilot in Japan and Korea. After completing his
tour of active duty in the military services, he served as
a jet fighter pilot with Massachusetts Air National Guard
from September 1957 to March 1960 and as a member of the
Connecticut Air National Guard from April 1960 to October
1965.
He logged 7,200 hours flight-which includes more than
5,725 in jet aircraft.
John 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.
John 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. (The
substitution was announced 72 hours prior to launch of the
mission following Mattingly's exposure to the German
measles.) Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970, was programmed for
ten days and was committed to our first landing in the
hilly, upland Fra Mauro region of the moon. However, the
original flight plan was modified enroute to the moon due
to a failure of the Apollo 13 service module cryogenic
oxygen system, which occurred at approximately 55 hours
into the flight. Swigert and fellow crewmen, James A.
Lovell, spacecraft commander and Fred W. Haise, lunar
module pilot, working closely with Houston ground
controllers, converted their lunar module "Aquarius" into
a effective lifeboat. Their emergency activation and
operation of lunar module systems conserved both
electrical power and water in sufficient quantity to
assure their safety and survival while in space and for
the return to earth.
In completing his first space flight, John Swigert logged
a total of 142 hours, 54 minutes.
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