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


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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. The 50th anniversary of the April 11, 1970 launch was to be marked with nine ceremonies across the country.


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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.


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On board were astronauts James Lovell, John "Jack" Swigert and Fred Haise. Their mission was to reach the Fra Mauro highlands of the moon and explore the Imbrium Basin, conducting.


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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.


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Fred Wallace Haise Jr. ( / heÉȘz / 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.


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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.


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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.


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

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.


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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.


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US President Richard Nixon meets the Apollo 13 astronauts in Honolulu, Hawaii, after their safe return to Earth. From left to right (front row) Fred Haise, Jim Lovell, Richard Nixon and Jack Swigert.


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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 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


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

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.


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

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


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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,.


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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.