Fred Wallace Haise, Jr.

Astronaut
Nationality	American
Born	November 14, 1933 Biloxi, Mississippi
Occupation1	Test Pilot
Space time	5d 22h 54m
Selection	1966 NASA Group
Mission(s)	Apollo 13, Enterprise, 5 times.
Mission insignia
1 previous or current

Fred Wallace Haise, Jr. (pronounced 'Hayes') (born November 14, 1933) is a former NASA astronaut. Image File history File links Fred Haise File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining until the end of the year. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Biloxi and Mississippi coast The city derived its name originally from the Biloxi, a native American tribe: Biloxi (Tribe) Biloxi is a city located in Harrison County, Mississippi. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Test pilots are aviators who fly new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated. ... 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1984 1985 1987 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 2000 2003 2004 1958 June 25 - Man In Space Soonest - USA The first group of American astronaut candidates were selected... Apollo 13 was the third manned lunar-landing mission, part of the foundation of the American Apollo program. ... Look up Enterprise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (759x755, 840 KB)[1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining until the end of the year. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for that nations public space program. ... For other uses, see Astronaut (disambiguation). ...

Haise was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. He attended Biloxi High School and Perkinston Junior College (now Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College). He graduated with honors in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1959. He completed post graduate courses in the USAF Aerospace Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in 1964 and the Harvard Business School PMD Program in 1972. Biloxi and Mississippi coast Biloxi () is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, in the United States. ... Biloxi High School Biloxi High School is the only public high school located in the city of Biloxi, Mississippi. ... MGCCC Logo Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College consists of four campuses and four centers: the main campus, located in Perkinston, Mississippi, the Jackson County Campus, in Gautier, The Jefferson Davis Campus, in Gulfport, the Community Campus, a non-traditional campus without walls, George County Center in Lucedale, West Harrison County... The University of Oklahoma, often called OU or Oklahoma, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... Edwards Air Force Base is a USAF airbase located on the border of Kern County and Los Angeles County, California in the Antelope Valley, 7 miles (11 km) due East of Rosamond, USA at 34°57′ N 117°52′ W. An airbase since 1933, Edwards has long been a home... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

He completed United States Navy flight training in 1954 and served as a United States Marine Corps fighter pilot. USN redirects here. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces to global crises. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

His NASA career began as an Aeronautical Research Pilot at Lewis Research Center in 1959. Further assignments were held as a Research Pilot at the NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in 1963 and as an astronaut at the Johnson Space Center in 1966. Haise was the first of the 1966 group to be assigned to Apollo duties - ahead of some group 3 members. He served on the back-up crew for the Apollo 8, Apollo 11, and Apollo 16 moon missions. He also flew as the Lunar Module Pilot on the aborted Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970. He was also scheduled as commander for the cancelled Apollo 19 mission. He later flew five flights as the Commander of the space shuttle Enterprise, in 1977, for the Approach and Landing Test Program at Edwards Air Force Base, and was in-line to fly in space again as a Shuttle Commander (possibly STS-3, as his co-pilot, Gordon Fullerton flew with Haise on those five flights). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for that nations public space program. ... The Glenn Research Center is located in Cleveland, Ohio between Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and the Metropark. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dryden Flight Research Centers fleet of aircraft in 1993. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... An aerial view of the complete Johnson Space Center facility in Houston, Texas in 1989. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... NASAs Astronaut Group 5 (the Original 19) selected by NASA in April 1966. ... Apollo 8 was the second manned mission of the Apollo space program, in which Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders became the first humans to orbit around the Moon. ... Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. ... Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fifth mission to land on the Moon. ... Apparent magnitude: up to -12. ... Apollo 13 was the third manned lunar-landing mission, part of the foundation of the American Apollo program. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Apollo 19 was a cancelled flight within the Apollo Program. ... NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ... The Space Shuttle Enterprise (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101) was the first Space Shuttle built for NASA. It was constructed without engines or a functional heat shield and was therefore not capable of space operations; her purpose was to perform test flights in the atmosphere. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Edwards Air Force Base is a USAF airbase located on the border of Kern County and Los Angeles County, California in the Antelope Valley, 7 miles (11 km) due East of Rosamond, USA at 34°57′ N 117°52′ W. An airbase since 1933, Edwards has long been a home... STS-3 was the third space shuttle mission, and was the third mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia. ... C. Gordon Fullerton is a research pilot at NASAs Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California. ...

Fred Haise is married to the former F. Patt Price of Rogers, Texas. He has four children from a previous marriage: Mary M. born on January 25, 1956; Frederick T., born on May 13, 1958; Stephen W., born on June 30, 1961 and Thomas J., born on July 6, 1970.

Haise retired from NASA in June 1979, and became a manager with Grumman Aerospace Corporation, before retiring in 1996. In 1995, Haise was inducted into the Aerospace Walk of Honor. The Aerospace Walk of Honor in Lancaster, California is a continually-growing venue for honoring test pilots who have significantly contributed to aviation and space research and development. ...

Trivia

In 1995, Haise was portrayed by Bill Paxton in the movie Apollo 13. He was also portrayed by Adam Baldwin in the mini-series From The Earth To The Moon. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... William Bill Paxton (born May 17, 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a Golden Globe award nominated American actor and film director. ... Apollo 13 is a 1995 film portrayal of the ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission. ... Adam Baldwin as Jayne Cobb in Firefly Adam Baldwin (born February 27, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois) is a 64 American actor best known for his role as Animal Mother in Stanley Kubricks Full Metal Jacket. ... From the Earth to the Moon is a twelve-part HBO television miniseries (1998) co-produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tom Hanks, and Michael Bostick detailing the landmark Apollo expeditions to the Moon during the 1960s and early 1970s. ...

External links

• NASA.gov biography

• Spacefacts biography of Fred Haise