Fred Haise
Fred Haise | |
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Haise in 1969 | |
| Born | Fred Wallace Haise Jr. November 14, 1933 Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Education | Perkinston Junior College (AA) University of Oklahoma (BS) |
| Spouse(s) |
Mary Griffin Grant
(m. 1954; div. 1978)Frances Price
(m. 1979; died 2022) |
| Children | 4 |
| Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom NASA Distinguished Service Medal |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
| Rank | Captain, U.S. Marine Corps (1954–1957) Captain, U.S. Air Force (1957–1963) |
Time in space | 5 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes |
| Selection | NASA Group 5 (1966) |
| Missions | |
Mission insignia | |
| Retirement | June 29, 1979 |
| Signature | |
Fred Wallace Haise Jr. (/heɪz/ HAYZ; born November 14, 1933) is an American former NASA astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, and a test pilot. He is one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, having served as Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 13. He was to have been the sixth person to walk on the Moon, but the Apollo 13 landing was aborted en route. Haise flew five Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests in 1977. He retired from NASA in 1979. He is the last surviving crew member of Apollo 13 and the last surviving Apollo astronaut that flew to the moon without landing.