19 Facts About Jack Lousma

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Jack Lousma was a member of the second crew, Skylab-3, on the Skylab space station in 1973.

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Jack Lousma was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1997.

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3.

Jack Lousma is the last living crew member of both of his spaceflights.

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4.

Jack Lousma was later the Republican Party nominee for a seat in the United States Senate from Michigan in 1984, losing to incumbent Carl Levin who won his second of six terms.

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5.

Jack Lousma graduated from Angell Elementary School, Tappan Middle School, and Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1954.

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6.

Jack Lousma was a Boy Scout and earned the rank of Tenderfoot Scout.

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7.

Jack Lousma received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1959.

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8.

Jack Lousma played on the football team as a backup quarterback until an elbow injury ended his career.

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9.

Jack Lousma earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the U S Naval Postgraduate School in 1965.

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10.

Jack Lousma became a United States Marine Corps officer in 1959, and received his aviator wings in 1960 after completing training at the Naval Air Training Command.

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11.

Jack Lousma was one of the 19 astronauts selected in NASA Astronaut Group 5 in April 1966.

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12.

Jack Lousma was the CAPCOM recipient of the "Houston, we've had a problem" message from Apollo 13.

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13.

Jack Lousma spent 11 hours on two spacewalks outside the Skylab space station.

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14.

Jack Lousma served as backup docking module pilot of the United States flight crew for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission which was completed successfully in July 1975.

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15.

Jack Lousma was originally selected as the pilot of the two-man crew of STS-2, alongside commander Fred Haise.

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16.

Jack Lousma was inducted with Fullerton into the International Space Hall of Fame during a ceremony with the governor of New Mexico in 1982 for their involvement in the STS-3 mission.

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17.

Jack Lousma was inducted the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame in 1989.

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18.

Jack Lousma was one of 24 Apollo astronauts who were inducted into the U S Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1997.

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19.

Jack Lousma was presented an honorary doctorate of astronautical science from the University of Michigan in 1973, an honorary D Sc.

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