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Fred Haise
Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 13, slated to become the sixth human to walk on the Moon until the mission was aborted.
Hours in Space
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Missions
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EVAs
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EVA Time
Biography
Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 13, slated to become the sixth human to walk on the Moon until the mission was aborted. He kept the lunar module Aquarius — the crew's lifeboat — running while gravely ill with a kidney infection.
Before NASAU.S. Marine Corps and Air Force fighter pilot and NASA research test pilot before selection in the fifth astronaut group.
Notable Missions
Apollo 13
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Beyond the Mission
Fun fact
He later commanded free-flight approach-and-landing tests of the Space Shuttle Enterprise, and is the last surviving crew member of Apollo 13.
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