Date of Birth
30 August 1931,
Denver, Colorado, USA
Date of Death
27 December 1982, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (cancer)
Birth Name
John Leonard Swigert Jr.
Height
6' (1.83 m)
Trivia
U.S. astronaut aboard Apollo 13.
Elected to U.S. Congress from Colorado, but died before he could take office.
A life-size statue of Swigert, dressed in his space suit and holding his space helmet, is displayed on Concourse B at Denver International Airport.
He was selected for the Apollo 13 crew after Ken Mattingly was grounded.
Jack Swigert during a dedication ...
Jack Swigert Apollo XIII
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