The Space Foundation will honor the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) with the 2008 John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration. This award honors the memory and enduring legacy ...
On April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 returned to Earth after narrowly avoiding a deadly disaster in space. [‘On This Day in Space’ ...
The Netflix documentary 'Apollo 13: Survival' gives a rare look at Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise’s time in space Apollo 13 crew members Jack Swigert, Jim Lovell and Fred Haise pose for a ...
DENVER — Tom Hanks turned the line into a cultural phenomenon, but Denver native John "Jack" Swigert Jr. was the astronaut who alerted NASA to an oxygen tank explosion on Apollo XIII. Swigert ...
Forty years ago this week, an American hero who was elected to Congress but who tragically never served was laid to rest at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Jack Swigert was born and raised in Denver and ...
Coloradans visiting Washington, D.C., may find themselves greeted by a familiar face upon entering the Capitol. Clothed in an astronaut suit with both hands cupping a space helmet, Coloradan John L.
Credits: Directed by Peter Middleton, featuring Jim Lovell, Marilyn Lovell, Fred Haise, Jack Swigert, Gene Kranz and Walter Cronkite. Rating/Running time: TV-14, 98 minutes. Streaming on Netflix. On ...
The Space Foundation announced today that NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is the 2006 recipient of the Jack Swigert Award for Space Exploration. The award, which honors the memory of Apollo 13 ...