Jack Swigert
NASA Astronaut, Pilot (1931-1982) · United States · On the map · Astronauts · Died at 51
John Leonard Swigert Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician. In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13, he became one of 24 Apollo astronauts who reached the Moon.
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Swigert wearing his Air Force flight suit with a 118th Fighter Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard patch
Swigert (right) with the "mailbox" rig improvised to adapt the Apollo 13 command module Odyssey's square carbon dioxide scrubber cartridges to fit the Apollo Lunar Module Aquarius, which took a round cartridge
Swigert during suit-up before the launch of Apollo 13, April 11, 1970Awards
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Due to the "slingshot" route around the Moon they chose to safely return to Earth, the Apollo 13 astronauts flew farther away from Earth than any other astronauts until the Artemis II lunar flyby in 2026, though they had to abort the Moon landing.
