Apollo 13 crew biography sample
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Apollo 13 crew biography sample pdf
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Last revised 3 January 2006.
Mission Commander
Capt.James A. Lovell, Jr., USN (Retired)
Personal: Born March 25, 1928, Cleveland, Ohio.
Education: B.S., U.S. Naval Academy, 1952.
Spaceflights: Pilot, Gemini 7 (1965).
Apollo 13 crew biography sample
Command pilot, Gemini 12 (1966). Command module pilot, Apollo 8 (1968). Commander, Apollo 13 (1970).
Chosen with the second group of astronauts in 1962. Was backup pilot for Gemini 4, pilot of Gemini 7, backup command pilot for Gemini 9, command pilot for Gemini 12, command module pilot of Apollo 8, backup commander for Apollo 11, and commander of Apollo 13.
Became Deputy Director of Science and Applications at the Johnson Space Center in May 1971. Left NASA and the Navy in March 1973 to become President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bay-Houston Towing Company, but resigned that position on January 1,1977, to become President of Fi