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Research pilot Fred Haise
Photo Date April 7, 1966
Astronauts Lovell and Haise …
Title Astronauts Lovell and Haise during geological field trip in far west Texas
Description Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. (on left) and Fred W. Haise Jr., two members of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission, examine rock samples during a geological field trip to the Quitman Mountains area near the Fort Quitman ruins in far west Texas.
Date Taken 1969-02-25
Apollo 13 prime crewmembers …
Title Apollo 13 prime crewmembers during water egress training
Description The three prime crewmembers of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission stand by to participate in water egress training in a water tank in bldg 260 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. They are (left to right) Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., commander, Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot, and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot.
Date Taken 1970-01-17
Apollo 13 Astronaut James Lo …
Title Apollo 13 Astronaut James Lovel during lunar surface simulation training
Description Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., commander of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission, participates in lunar surface simulation training at the Manned Spacecraft Center. Lovell is attached to a Six Degrees of Freedom Simulator. He is carrying an Apollo Lunar Hand Tools (ALHT) carrier in his right hand.
Date Taken 1970-01-16
Apollo 13 Astronaut Thomas M …
Title Apollo 13 Astronaut Thomas Mattingly during water egress training
Description Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission, participates in water egress training in a water tank in bldg 260 at the Manned Spacecraft Center.
Date Taken 1970-01-17
Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Hai …
Title Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise during water egress training
Description Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission, participates in water egress training in a water tank in bldg 260 at the Manned Spacecraft Center.
Date Taken 1970-01-17
Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Hai …
Title Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise during lunar surface simulation training
Description Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission, participates in lunar surface simulation training at the Manned Spacecraft Center. Haise is attached to a Six Degrees of Freedom Simulator. Using mock-ups, he simulates traversing with the two subpackages of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) via a barbell mode.
Date Taken 1970-01-19
Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Hai …
Title Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise during lunar surface simulation training
Description Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission, participates in lunar surface simulation training at the Manned Spacecraft Center. Haise is attached to a Six Degrees of Freedom Simulator.
Date Taken 1970-01-19
Apollo 13 prime crewmembers …
Title Apollo 13 prime crewmembers during water egress training
Description The three prime crewmembers of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission stand by to participate in water egress training in a water tank in bldg 260 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. They are Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., (left), commander, Fred W. Haise Jr. (right), lunar module pilot, and Thomas K. Mattingly II (in background, obscured by Haise), command module pilot.
Date Taken 1970-01-17
Telescopic photograph of Apo …
Title Telescopic photograph of Apollo 13 spacecraft in translunar trajectory
Description A telescopic photograph showing the Apollo 13 spacecraft in translunar trajectory in the distant sky. Arrows point to the spacecraft, to the oxygen cloud, and to the expended Saturn V third stage. Apollo 13 was tracked at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) using a 16-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with an IO televison camera with an S-20 type IO tube, mounted in place of the eyepiece. The TV camera information is stored first on a data disc and played back on a viewing monitor from which this photograph was taken.
Date Taken 1970-04-13
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 emergency return
Description As the Apollo 13 crewmen entered their final 24 hours in space, several persons important to the mission remained attentive at consoles in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of the Mission Control Center (MCC) at Manned Spacecraft Center. Among those monitoring communications and serving in supervisory capacities were (from left)Thomas H. McMullen, Office of Manned Space Flight, Shift 1 Mission Director, Dale Myers, Associate Administrator, Manned Space Flight, Chester M. Lee of the Apollo Program Directorate, OMSF, Apollo 13 Mission Director, and Dr. Rocco A. Petrone, Apollo Program Dirctor, OMSF. All four were from NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Date Taken 1970-04-16
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure
Description A group of eight astronauts and flight controllers monitor the console activity in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of the Mission Control Center (MCC) during the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission. Seated, left to right, are MOCR Guidance Officer Raymond F. Teague, Astronaut Edgar D. Michell, and Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Standing, left to right, are Scientist-Astronaut Anthony W. England, Astronaut Joe H. Engle, Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Astronaut Ronald E. Evans, and M.P. Frank, a flight controller. When this picture was made, the Apollo 13 moon landing had already been cancelled, and the Apollo 13 crewmen were in transearth trajectory attempting to bring their crippled spacecraft back home.
Date Taken 1970-04-14
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 emergency return
Description Overall view showing some of the activity in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of the Mission Control Center (MCC) during the final 24 hours of the Apollo 13 mission. Here, flight controllers and several NASA/MSC Officials confer at the flight director's console. When this picture was made, the Apollo 13 moon landing had been cancelled and the Apollo 13 crewmen were in transearth trajectory attempting to bring their crippled spacecraft back home (35368), Discussion in the MOCR dealing with the Apollo 13 crewmen during their final day in space. From left to right are Glynn S. Lunney, Shift 4 Flight Director, Gerald D. Griffin, SHift 2 Flight Director, Astronaut James A. McDivitt, Manager, APollo Spacecraft Program, MSC, Dr. Donald K. Slayton, Director of Flight Crew Operations, MSC, and Dr. Willard R. Hawkins, M.D., Shift 1 Flight Surgeon (35369).
Date Taken 1970-04-16
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure
Description Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., prime crew commander of the Apollo 14 mission, monitors communications between the Apollo 13 spacecraft and Mission Control Center (MCC). He is seated at a console in the Mission Operations Control Room of the MCC. The main concern of the moment was action taken by the Apollo 13 crewment to make corrections inside the spacecraft following discovery of an oxygen cell failure several hours earlier.
Date Taken 1970-04-14
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure
Description A group of flight controllers gather around the console of Glynn S. Lunney (seated, nearest camera), Shift 4 Flight Director, in the Mission Operations Control Room of Mission Control Center (MCC). Their attention is drawn to a weather map of the proposed landing site in the South Pacific. Among those looking on is Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Deputy Director, Manned Spacecraft Center (standing, in black suit, right). When this photograph was taken, the Apollo 13 lunar landing had been cancelled, and the problem-plagued Apollo 13 crewmen were in transearth trajectory attempting to bring their crippled spacecraft back home.
Date Taken 1970-04-15
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during Apollo 13 splashdown
Description Dr. Thomas O. Paine (center), NASA Administrator, and other NASA Officials joined others in applauding the successful splashdown of the Apollo 13 crewmen. Others among the large crowd in the Mission Operations Control Room of the Mission Control Center, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) at the time of recovery were U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips (extreme left), who formerly served as Apollo program Director, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, Dr. Charles A. Berry (third from left), Director, Medical Research and Operations Directorate, MSC, and Dr. George M. Low, Associate NASA Administrator.
Date Taken 1970-04-17
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 liftoff
Description Sigurd A. Sjoberg, Director of Flight Operations at Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), views the Apollo 13 liftoff from a console in the MSC Mission Control Center, bldg 30. Apollo 13 lifted off at 1:13 p.m., April 11, 1970 (34627), Astronaut Thomas F. Mattingly II, who was scheduled as a prime crewman for the Apollo 13 mission but was replaced in the final hours when it was discovered he had been exposed to measles, watches the liftoff phase of the mission. He is seated at a console in the Mission Control Center's Mission Operations Control Room. Scientist-Astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, a spacecraft communicator for the mission, looks on at right (34628).
Date Taken 1970-04-11
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure
Description Two phases of busy activity during critical moments of the Apollo 13 mission are reflected in this view in the Mission Control Center (MCC), bldg 30, Manned Spacecraft Center (MCC). In the foreground, Henry Simmons (left) of Newsweek magazine and John E. Riley, Public Information Specialist, Public Affairs Office, MCC, man their positions in the Press Room. At extreme left of photo, Gerald D. Griffin, Shift 2 Flight Director, talks on telephone in Mission Operations Control Room. When this photograph was taken, the Apollo 13 lunar landing had been cancelled, and the problem-plagued Apollo 13 crewmen were in transearth trajectory attempting to bring their crippled spacecraft back home.
Date Taken 1970-04-15
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during Apollo 13 splashdown
Description Overall view of Mission Operations Control Room in Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) during the ceremonies aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission. Dr. Donald K. Slayton (in black shirt, left of center), Director of Flight Crew Operations at MSC, and Chester M. Lee of the Apollo Program Directorate, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, shake hands, while Dr. Rocco A. Petrone, Apollo Program Director, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters (standing, near Lee), watches the large screen showing Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Apollo 13 commander, during the on-board ceremonies. In the foreground, Glynn S. Lunney (extreme left) and Eugene F. Kranz (smoking a cigar), two Apollo 13 Flight Directors, view the activity from their consoles.
Date Taken 1970-04-17
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure
Description Mrs. Mary Haise receives an explanation of the revised flight plan of the Apollo 13 mission from Astronaut Gerald P. Carr in the Viewing Room of Mission Control Center, bldg 30, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Her husband, Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., was joining the fellow crew members in making corrections in their spacecraft following discovery of an oxygen cell failure several hours earlier (34900), Dr. Charles A. Berry, Director of Medical Research and Operations Directorate at MSC, converses with Mrs. Marilyn Lovell in the Viewing Room of Mission Control Center. Mrs. Lovell's husband, Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., was busily making corrections inside the spacecraft following discovery of an oxygen cell failure several hours earlier (34901).
Date Taken 1970-04-14
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 fourth television signal
Description Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center at Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) during the fourth television transmission from the Apollo 13 mission in space. Eugene F. Kranz (foreground, back to camera), one of four Apollo 13 Flight Directors, views the large screen at front of MOCR. Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot, is seen on the screen.
Date Taken 1970-04-13
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure
Description Several persons important to the Apollo 13 mission, at consoles in the Mission Operations Control Room of the Mission Control Center (MCC). Seated at consoles, from left to right, are Astronaut Donald K. Slayton, Director of Flight Crew Operations, Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Shift 3 spacecraft communicator, and Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 13 back-up crew. Standing, left to right, are Astronaut Tom K. Mattingly, who was replaced as Apollo 13 command module pilot after it was learned he may come down with measles, and Astronaut Vance D. Brand, Shift 2 spacecraft communicator. Several hours earlier crew members of the Apollo 13 mission reported to MCC that trouble had developed with an oxygen cell in their spacecraft.
Date Taken 1970-04-14
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during Apollo 13 splashdown
Description Overall view of Mission Operations Control Room in Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) during the ceremonies aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission. The Apollo 13 spacecraft, with Astronauts James Lovell, John Swigert, and Fred Haise aboard splashed down in the South Pacific at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970.
Date Taken 1970-04-17
View of Mission Control Cent …
Title View of Mission Control Center during Apollo 13 splashdown
Description Overall view of Mission Operations Control Room in Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) during the ceremonies aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission. The Apollo 13 spacecraft, with Astronauts James Lovell, John Swigert, and Fred Haise aboard splashed down in the South Pacific at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970.
Date Taken 1970-04-17
Apollo 13 post-flight Servic …
Title Apollo 13 post-flight Service Module tests to determine reason for explosion
Description Sequence photo from 16mm motion picture film of test at Langley Research Center which seeks to determine mechanism by which Apollo 13 panel was separated from Service Module. The test used a 1/2 scale model with a honeycomb sandwich panel and was conducted in a vacuum (41982), Second photograph in sequence of three of panel separation test at Langley Research Center (41983), Full-scale propogation test at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center of fire inside the Apollo Service Module oxygen tank. The photograph from a motion picture sequence taken from outside the vessel shows failure of tank conduit with abrupt loss of oxygen pressure (41984), Third photograph in sequence of three showing panel separation test at Langley Research Center (41985).
Date Taken 1970-06-01
Fused thermal switch from Ap …
Title Fused thermal switch from Apollo Service Module oxygen tank after test
Description A fused thermal switch from Apollo Service Module oxygen tank after test at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center simulatign Apollo 13 de-tanking procedures.
Date Taken 1970-06-01
President Richard Nixon visi …
Title President Richard Nixon visits MSC to award Apollo 13 Mission Operations team
Description President Richard M. Nixon introduces Sigurd A. Sjoberg (far right), Director of Flight Operations at Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), and the four Apollo 13 Flight Directors during the Presidnet's post-mission visit to MSC. The Flight Directors are (l.-r.) Glynn S. Lunney, Eugene A. Kranz, Gerald D. Griffin and Milton L. Windler. Dr. Thomas O. Paine, NASA Administrator, is seated at left. President Nixon was on the site to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom -- the nation's highest civilian honor -- to the Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team (35600), A wide-angle, overall view of the large crowd that was on hand to see President Richard M. Nixon present the Presidnetial Medal of Freedom to the Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team. A temporary speaker's platform was erected beside bldg 1 for the occasion (35601).
Date Taken 1970-04-17
Apollo 13 crewmen during pos …
Title Apollo 13 crewmen during post flight debriefing activity at MSC
Description The three crewmen of the Apollo 13 mission are photographed during the first day of their post-flight debriefing activity at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Left to right, are Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., commander, John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot (35747), Dr. Donald K. Slayton (center foreground), MSC Director of Flight Crew Operations, talks with Dr. Wernher von Braun (left), famed rocket expert, at an Apollo 13 post-flight debriefing session. Left to right in the background are the three Apollo 13 crewment Lovell, Swigert, and Haise. Dr. von Braun is the Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning of NASA (35748).
Date Taken 1970-04-20
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