Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1970.
1Flight
5d 22hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
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.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Denver
- Education
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; University of Colorado Boulder; University of Hartford; Regis Jesuit High School; East High School
- Awards
- International Space Hall of Fame; NASA Distinguished Service Medal; Presidential Medal of Freedom; United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Saturn V | Apollo 13April 11, 1970 · 19:13 UTC
Born 1931-08-30 · died 1982-12-27, aged 51