NASA HARD HAT ISSUED/USED BY NASA APOLLO 13 ASTRONAUT FRED HAISE, US $1,200.00 – Picture 0

NASA HARD HAT ISSUED/USED BY NASA APOLLO 13 ASTRONAUT FRED HAISE, US $1,200.00 – Picture 1

NASA HARD HAT ISSUED/USED BY NASA APOLLO 13 ASTRONAUT FRED HAISE, US $1,200.00 – Picture 2

Nasa Hard Hat Issued/used By Nasa Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise

US $1,200.00

Wylie, Texas, United States
Jan 30th

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Off-white hard hat prepared for Fred Haise for use at the Kennedy Space Center. Fiberglass hat has “Haise,” painted across the front, an adjustable head band and elastic chinstrap, and a Mine Safety Appliances Company label on the inside. In fine condition, with expected light scratches and surface wear. These helmets were required in many areas of the KSC, including the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) where astronauts spent a considerable amount of time. Includes Certificate of Authenticity (COA). Fred Haise Haise flew as the Lunar Module Pilot on the aborted Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970. Due to the free return trajectory on this mission, Haise, and Jim Lovell and Jack Swigert, the other two astronauts on Apollo 13, likely hold the record for the furthest distance from the Earth ever traveled by human beings. Haise was slated to become the sixth human to walk on the Moon during Apollo 13 behind Lovell, who was to be fifth. Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell eventually became the fifth and sixth, respectively, on Apollo 14, which completed Apollo 13's mission to the Fra Mauro formation. Haise remained in the astronaut rotation and served as the backup mission Commander for Apollo 16. Though there was no formal selection, Haise was prospectively slated to command Apollo 19 with William R. Pogue as Command Module Pilot and Gerald P. Carr as Lunar Module Pilot. However, the mission was canceled in late 1970 due to budget cuts. Earlier, in 1966, Haise was one of 19 new astronauts selected for NASA Astronaut Group 5. He had already been working with NASA for several years as a civilian research pilot. He was the first astronaut among his class to be assigned to a mission, serving as backup Lunar Module Pilot for both Apollo 8 and Apollo 11. Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests After completing his backup assignment on Apollo 16, Haise moved over to the Space Shuttle program. In 1977, he participated in the program's Approach and Landing Tests at Edwards Air Force Base. Along with C. Gordon Fullerton as Pilot, Haise as Commander piloted the Space Shuttle Enterprise in free flight to three successful landings after being released from the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. These tests successfully verified the shuttle's flight characteristics, an important step toward the overall success of the program. Haise was originally slated to command the second Space Shuttle mission, which would have delivered a booster module that would have boosted the Skylab space station to a higher orbit, preserving it for future use. However, delays in the Shuttle program development as well as an unexpected increase in Skylab's orbital decay led to the mission being abandoned. Skylab was destroyed upon entering the Earth's atmosphere in July 1979, while the Space Shuttle did not launch until April 1981. In June 1979, Haise left NASA to become a test pilot and executive with Grumman Aerospace Corporation, where he remained until retiring in 1996.

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