Fred Haise
American astronaut
Fred Wallace Haise, Jr. (born November 14, 1933) is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He is one of only 24 humans to have flown to the Moon. Having flown on Apollo 13, Haise was to be the sixth human to walk on the Moon, but the mission did not land due to a failure aboard the spacecraft. He was born on November 14, 1933 in Biloxi, Mississippi.[1]
Fred Haise | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Test pilot |
Space career | |
NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 5d 22h 54m |
Selection | 1966 NASA Group |
Missions | Apollo 13, ALT |
Mission insignia |
References
change- ↑ *"Astronaut Bio: Fred Haise". NASA. January 1996. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
Other websites
change- Spacefacts biography of Fred Haise
- Short audio interview on Astrotalkuk.org during his visit to UK in 2009 Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine