Jack Swigert, American pilot, astronaut, and politician (born 1931)

Jack Swigert

American astronaut and politician (1931–1982)

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 astronauts who flew to the Moon. Due to the…