Fred Haise is an American astronaut who took part in the Apollo 13 mission (April 11-17, 1970), which was canceled due to a rupture in a fuel-cell oxygen tank in the service module. The crew, which included Fred Haise, Jack Swigert, and Jim Lovell, returned to Earth safely, thanks to the lunar module’s life-support system.
Haise is one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, having flown as Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 13. He was slated to become the 6th person to walk on the Moon, but the Apollo 13 landing mission was aborted en route.
Haise was one of 19 new astronauts chosen for NASA Astronaut Group 5 in 1966 out of 600 others. He had already been a civilian research pilot for NASA for several years. He was the first of his class of astronauts to be assigned to a mission, serving as backup Lunar Module Pilot for both Apollo 8 and Apollo 11.
Haise remained in the astronaut rotation and served as Apollo 16’s backup mission Commander. Despite the lack of a formal selection, Haise was slated to command Apollo 19, along with William R. Pogue as Command Module Pilot and Gerald P. Carr as Lunar Module Pilot. However, due to budget constraints, the mission was canceled in late 1970.
Aside from being a renowned astronaut, Fred Haise is a family man: a father and a husband. Fred has been married twice, his first marriage was to Mary Haise from 1954 to 1978. Fred and Mary were married when he went on the Apollo 13 mission. Mary was seven months pregnant when Apollo 13 lifted off.
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Talking about the mission Mary Haise said-“We each had a little black box on our TV set that connected us with Mission Control, and each astronaut family had a NASA representative who moved into our home,” Mary said. “On the third day of the mission, we were returning home. I was opening the front door, and he was on the phone when he yelled at me, “Don’t go in! Don’t open the door!”
She went on to say-“But I could see into the family room, and Walter Cronkite was on TV saying there had been an explosion onboard. I couldn’t breathe. A few minutes later, Neil Armstrong came in the back door, gave me a hug, sat with me and told me what he knew. That was such a comfort.“
Fred Haise and his wife Mary are the parents of four children. Fred Haise’s children are Mary Margaret Haise, Stephen William Haise, Frederick Thomas Haise, and Thomas Jesse Haise. His second marriage was to F. Patt Price.
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Fred Haise’s daughter Mary Margaret Haise
Fred Haise’s daughter Mary Margaret Haise was born on January 25, 1956, in the United States of America. She is 67 years old as of 2023. Mary Margaret has been very private about her life. It is unclear what career path she chose and what she is up to.
Stephen William Haise passed away in 2023
Stephen William Haise was born on June 30, 1961, in Medina, Ohio, and passed away on January 7, 2023, per millerfuneral. Per the obituary, Stephen William Haise, 61, passed away peacefully in Houston. He graduated from Clearlake High School in Houston. Steve participated in the Indian Guide Program and Boy Scouts of America.
On February 14, 1989, he joined the United States Navy and received the National Defense Service Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal, and Meritorious Unit Commendation according to his obituary.
During the First Gulf War, he rose to the rank of 2nd Class Petty Officer, USN, as an Aviation Electronic Technician on the aircraft carriers Midway and Independence. He is survived by his children, Joshua, Emily, Sarah, and Stephen Haise.
Who are Fred Haise’s children: Frederick Thomas Haise, and Thomas Jesse Haise
Frederick Thomas Haise and Thomas Jesse Haise are very private about their life. Though they are the children of a famous personality, They have lived most of their live away from the media and has not made any headline or news story in recent years.
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