Apollo 13

Crew

Jim Lovell

Status: Retired
3/25/1928 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 12/4/1965
Last Flight: 4/11/1970

James Arthur Lovell Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, Naval Aviator, and retired Navy captain. Lovell is known for being the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth through the efforts of the crew and mission control. In addition to being part of the Apollo 13 crew, Lovell was the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit.

Jack Swigert

Status: Deceased
8/30/1931 - 12/27/1982
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 4/11/1970
Last Flight: 4/11/1970

John Leonard "Jack" Swigert Jr. was an American test pilot, mechanical and aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and NASA astronaut. He was one of twenty-four astronauts who have flown to the Moon.[2][3]

Before joining NASA in 1966, Swigert was a civilian test pilot and fighter pilot in the Air National Guard. After leaving NASA, he was elected to Congress from Colorado's new 6th district, but died before being sworn in.

Fred Haise

Status: Retired
11/14/1933 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 4/11/1970
Last Flight: 4/11/1970

Fred Wallace Haise Jr. is an American former NASA astronaut, fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force and test pilot. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, having flown as Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 13. He was to have been the sixth person to land and walk on the Moon, but the Apollo 13 mission was aborted before lunar landing. He went on to fly Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests in 1977, and retired from NASA in 1979.

Rocket

Saturn V – National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• Family: Saturn
• Length: 110.6 m
• Diameter: 10.1 m
• Launch Mass: 2970 T
• Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 140000 kg

The Saturn V was manufactured by National Aeronautics and Space Administration with the first launch on 1967-11-09. Saturn V has 12 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 13 launches. The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world’s tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.

Agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration – NASA

• Type: Government
• Abbreviation: NASA
• Administration: Administrator: Bill Nelson
• Founded: 1958
• Launchers: Space Shuttle | SLS
• Spacecraft: Orion
• Country: USA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.