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John Leonard (Jack) Swigert Jr. (1931­1982) was a late replacement
for command module pilot Thomas Mattingly on Apollo XIII in April,
1970. The moon mission was aborted after an onboard explosion
forced the crew into the lunar module as a lifeboat. The astronauts
returned safely to earth. After his career as an astronaut, Swigert
became executive director of the Committee on Science and
Technology for the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1982 he was
elected to the Congress, but died of bone cancer before he could take
office.