Jack Swigert

Kevin Bacon.

Jack Swigert, yeah.

Kevin Bacon.

Jack Swigert, really, he was put in it three days before they went up.

That's the truth.

That's a real thing that happened.

These words, spoken by astronaut Jim Lovell on April 13, 1970, signaled the start of one of NASA's greatest crises.

Apollo 13, the third American lunar landing mission, had suffered an onboard explosion, knocking out vital systems and placing the lives of three astronauts, Jim Lovell, Fred Hayes, and Jack Swigert, in grave danger.

Over the next four and a half days, thousands of engineers and technicians back on Earth battled one crisis after another to keep the crippled spacecraft running and bring

the astronauts safely back home.

Fred Hayes flew for multiple branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, serving in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Oklahoma Air National Guard, and the 185th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, before becoming a test pilot and flying for NASA at the Lewis Research Center in Ohio.

Like Ken Mattingly, he joined NASA in 1966 as part of Astronaut Group 5, serving as a backup lunar module pilot for Apollo 8 and 11.

The backup crew for Apollo 13 comprised Commander John Young, a veteran of Geminis 3 and 10, and Apollo 10 CMP Jack Swigert and LMP Charles Duke, both rookies.

As per tradition, the prime crew were allowed to choose the insignia, motto, and spacecraft call signs for their mission.

Gino, how are you doing? It is Tuesday, October 20th, and this is the Breaking and Entering Live Show.

I'm Jack, and I'm here with, you know it,

Gino.

Gino.

This room is hot right now with amazing people, marketers, agency leaders here.

We got a great lineup for you all today.

Should we run through a little preview, Jack?

Yeah, let's see.

Who are you playing Armageddon? Nobody.

Swigert Jack.

Swigert.

Swigert Jack.

Okay.

I'm about to go get another beer.