Jack Swigert

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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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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