Examples of using Swigert in English and their translations into Hebrew
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Is it Swigert?
Swigert, he will be fine.
Following his graduation from Colorado in 1953, Swigert joined the U.S. Air Force.
Okay, Swigert, command module pilot.
In 1982, during his political campaign, Swigert developed a malignant tumor in his right nasal passage.
Swigert: Hey, we have got a problem here.
At this point command module pilot Jack Swigert told Houston,"Hey, we have had a problem here.".
Jack Swigert has been out of the loop for weeks.
The Apollo 13 spacecraft has lost all electrical power… astronauts Jim Lovell,Fred Haise and Jack Swigert… are making their way to the lunar module… using it as a lifeboat so they will have electrical power… for their radios on the command module.
If Swigert can't dock this thing, we don't have a mission.
After completing his tour of active duty in the Air Force, he served as a jet fighter pilot with the Massachusetts(1957- 1960) and Connecticut Air National Guard(1960-1965).[1] Swigert held a position as engineering test pilot for North American Aviation before joining NASA. He was previously an engineering test pilot for Pratt& Whitney, from 1957 to 1964.[1] He logged over 7,200 hours in flight, with more than 5,725 in jet aircraft.[1].
Mr. Swigert resigned from NASA and the committee in August 1977, to enter politics.
After unsuccessfully applying for NASA's second and third astronaut selections,[6] Swigert was accepted into the NASA Astronaut Corps as part of NASA Astronaut Group 5 in April 1966. Swigert became a specialist on the Apollo Command Module: he was one of the few astronauts who requested to be command module pilots.
Swigert was one of three astronauts aboard the Apollo 13 Moon mission launched April 11, 1970.
Nor did Jack Swigert, who left the Astronaut Corps… and was elected to Congress from the state of Colorado.
Swigert was one of three astronauts aboard the Apollo 13 moon mission, which was launched on April 11, 1970.
John Leonard Swigert Jr. was born on August 30, 1931 in Denver, Colorado to parents John Leonard Sr. and Virginia Swigert.
Swigert was one of three astronauts aboard the Apollo 13 Moon mission launched April 11, 1970.
Before joining NASA in 1966, Swigert was a civilian test pilot and fighter pilot in the Air National Guard. After leaving NASA, he was elected to Congress from Colorado's new 6th district, but died before being sworn in.
Swigert received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado in 1953, where he also played football for the Buffaloes.
Swigert and fellow astronauts Jim Lovell, and Fred Haise, returned safely to Earth on April 17 after approximately 5 days and 23 hours in space.
Swigert took a leave of absence from NASA in April 1973 to become executive director of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives.
Swigert was slated to be the command module pilot for the Apollo- Soyuz Test Project, but was later removed from the crew rotation due to his involvement in the Apollo 15 postage stamp incident.
Swigert, along with fellow astronauts Lovell and Fred Haise, traveled around the Moon and returned safely to Earth on April 17 after about 5 days and 23 hours, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom the next day.
In February 1982, Swigert left International Gold and Minerals Limited to run for U.S. Congress as a Republican. On November 2, 1982, Swigert easily won the seat in the state's new 6th congressional district with 64% of the popular vote.
John Leonard"Jack" Swigert Jr.(August 30, 1931- December 27, 1982) was an American test pilot, mechanical and aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and NASA astronaut. He was one of twenty-four astronauts who have flown to the Moon.
Swigert eventually left NASA and the committee in August 1977, to enter politics. In 1979, he became vice president of B.D.M. Corporation, Golden, Colorado.[1] In 1981, Swigert left BDM to join International Gold and Minerals Limited as vice president for financial and corporate affairs.
Swigert was a member of numerous organizations. He was a fellow of the American Astronautical Society; associate fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; and member of the Quiet Birdmen, Phi Gamma Delta, Pi Tau Sigma, and Sigma Tau.
Swigert was one of three astronauts aboard the Apollo 13 moon mission launched April 11, 1970. Originally part of the backup crew for the mission, he was assigned to the mission three days before launch, replacing astronaut Ken Mattingly. The prime crew had been exposed to German Measles(the rubella virus) from Charles Duke and, because Mattingly had no immunity to the disease, NASA did not want to risk his falling ill during critical phases of the flight.