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At thirty-six, Haise was the youngest member of the crew of Apollo 13, and his black hair and angular features made him seem younger still.
Fred Haise in 1966
Fred Haise suits up for Apollo 13
Fred Haise in front of Space Shuttle Enterprise in 1976
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John Leonard Swigert Jr. aka Jack Swigert was born on August 30, 1931 in Denver, Colorado to parents John Leonard Sr. and Virginia Swigert.
Jack Swigert Apollo 13 CMP
Swigert on his fur chair
Astronaut Jack Swigert poses with model of the LM
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Just before the mission began things started to go wrong. The weekend before launch Charlie Duke, the backup lunar module pilot, came down with a case of German measles.
The original crew of Apollo 13
Apollo 13 backup crew
Apollo 13 actual crew, Lovell, Swigert, Haise
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Had it not been for the fact that Eisele damaged his shoulder during a zero-G training flight aboard a KC-135 aircraft just before Christmas 1965, he might have been in the senior pilot’s seat aboard Apollo 1, instead of Ed White.
Schirra as the Commander of Apollo 7
Donn Eisele prior to launch
Cunningham during the Apollo 7 mission
