Fred Haise’s Space Odyssey: A Historical Overview

Article

“Fred Haise’s Space Odyssey: A Historical Overview” by Emily Carney
Published in Quest Volume: 30 #4 (2023)

Abstract

No one else might embody the word “survivor” more than Fred Haise. Throughout his career, his tenacity contributed to successes in NASA’s test flight program, the Apollo lunar program, and the early Space Shuttle era. He enjoyed a post-NASA career as an aerospace executive, helping to usher in the International Space Station despite that program’s growing pains. He also endured pain and setbacks far beyond what he experienced during the much-publicized Apollo 13 mission in 1970. Now, in what he calls his “rocking chair” years, he recently published his autobiography and is an active public speaker.

Haise’s story began modestly in Mississippi when the young high school graduate—who self-admittedly didn’t have the right physique to play contact sports—instead believed he would go into sports journalism. However, an emerging war waylaid those ambitions.

Citation

Carney, Emily. “Fred Haise’s Space Odyssey: A Historical Overview.” Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly 30, no. 4 (2023): 41-44.