Jack Swigert

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astronaut human politician test pilot

Jack Swigert was an American astronaut, test pilot, and politician best known as the command module pilot of NASA’s ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission.

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John Leonard Swigert Jr. 1

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instanceOf astronaut ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
assumedOffice never assumed office due to death before swearing-in ⓘ
astronautSelectionYear 1966 ⓘ
awardReceived Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ
NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1931-08-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1982-12-27 ⓘ
degree Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering ⓘ
educatedAt Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ⓘ
University of Colorado Boulder ⓘ
University of Hartford ⓘ
electedOffice member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado’s 6th district ⓘ
electionYear 1982 ⓘ
employer NASA ⓘ
familyName Swigert ⓘ
famousFor radio transmission "Houston, we’ve had a problem" (crew attribution) ⓘ
fieldOfWork aerospace ⓘ
space exploration ⓘ
fullName Jack Swigert self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Leonard Swigert Jr.
givenName John ⓘ
hasSibling three sisters ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
nickname Jack ⓘ
notableEvent helped safely return Apollo 13 crew after oxygen tank explosion ⓘ
participated in the aborted lunar landing mission Apollo 13 ⓘ
occupation aerospace engineer ⓘ
astronaut ⓘ
politician ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
placeOfBirth Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
politicalParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
portrayedBy Kevin Bacon ⓘ
portrayedIn Apollo 13 ⓘ
surface form: film "Apollo 13" (1995)
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roleInMission command module pilot of Apollo 13 ⓘ
selectedAsAstronautBy NASA ⓘ
spacecraft Apollo 13 Command and Service Module Odyssey ⓘ
spaceflightEnd 1970-04-17 ⓘ
spaceflightStart 1970-04-11 ⓘ
spaceMission Apollo 13 ⓘ
stateRepresented Colorado ⓘ

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Lost Moon → depictsPerson → Jack Swigert ⓘ
Jack Swigert → fullName → Jack Swigert self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Leonard Swigert Jr.
Apollo 13 → portraysCharacter → Jack Swigert ⓘ