Fred Wallace Haise is best known as the Lunar Module Pilot who, in 1970, was a crewmember on the dramatic Apollo 13 aborted lunar mission. After an oxygen tank explosion, the crew used the Lunar Module Aquarius as a lifeboat, and the mission became a hallmark example of the ingenuity of a highly trained flight and ground team developing real-time procedures and techniques to overcome a life-threatening situation. Haise logged more than 9,100 hours in flight, including 6,000 in jets, in more than 80 types of aircraft and spacecraft. He served as the backup Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 8 and 11 lunar missions and as the backup Commander for the Apollo 16 lunar mission. He was appointed Commander of the Apollo 19 mission, scheduled to be the final lunar flight until the cancellation of the last two Apollo missions. He also served as Commander on five flights in the 1977 Approach and Landing Test program of the initial Space Shuttle Enterprise. Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1933, Haise was the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School Outstanding Graduate, Class 64A, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the NASA Distinguished and Exceptional Service Medal, the National Management Club Gold Knight Award, and the Haley, White, Honts, Tenhoff, Schilling, and Kincheloe Awards.