Fred Haise

Fred Wallace Haise, Jr. (born November 14 1933 in Biloxi, Mississippi) was a NASA astronaut.

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He graduated with honors in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1959. He completed post graduate courses in the USAF Aerospace Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in 1964 and the Harvard Business School PMD Program in 1972.

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He completed United States Navy flight training in 1954 and served as a United States Marine Corps fighter pilot.

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His NASA career began as an Aeronautical Research Pilot at Lewis Research Center in 1959. Further assignments were held as a Research Pilot at the NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in 1963 and as an astronaut at the Johnson Space Center in 1966. Haise was the first of the 1966 group to be assigned to Apollo duties - ahead of some group 3 members. He served as back-up crew for the Apollo 8, Apollo 11, and Apollo 16 moon missions. He also flew as the Lunar Module Pilot on the aborted Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970. He was also scheduled as crewmember for the cancelled Apollo 19 mission. He later flew five flights as the Commander of the space shuttle Enterprise in 1977 for the Approach and Landing Test Program at Edwards Air Force Base and was in-line to fly in space again as a Shuttle Commander.

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In 1995, Haise was portrayed by Bill Paxton in the movie Apollo 13. He was portrayed by Adam Baldwin in the miniseries From The Earth To The Moon.

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1933: 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar)....

Biloxi, Mississippi: Biloxi is a city located in Harrison County, Mississippi. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 50,644. The city was severely damaged on August 29 2005 by Hurricane Katrina when it was hit by a 30 foot (9 m) storm surge. Located in the center of what fisheries biologists term "...

NASA: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established in 1958, is the agency responsible for the public space program of the United States of America. It is also responsible for long-term civilian and military aerospace research....

Fred Haise related Images and Photos (experimental)

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