NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Fred Haise, Jr., NASA astronaut during the Apollo 13 mission, part 1 of 3

1998

Fred Haise, Jr., former fighter pilot with the US Marine Corps and US Air Force, and former NASA astronaut on Apollo 13, is interviewed about his work with the lunar module (LM, or "lem"). The LM is described as a "remarkable vehicle", and Haise's knowledge of the LM was helpful in giving him confidence during the Apollo 13 mission. Haise also describes learning about the fire on the Apollo 1, and the changes to the Apollo spacecraft following the disaster. The pivot towards science and geology in the Apollo missions was a major change, symbolized by the patch that was created for Apollo. The final two minutes of the video are audio-only from an interview with Christopher Kraft (from tape 52052, ID "barcode52052_Kraft").

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Series: NOVA
Program: To the Moon
Program Number: 2610
Title: Interview with Fred Haise, Jr., NASA astronaut during the Apollo 13 mission, part 1 of 3
Series Description: NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over.
Program Description: Alan Binder, former Principal Investigator of NASA's Lunar Prospector mission, is interviewed about the Lunar Prospector. Binder says that if moon travel became viable again, he would want to go to the moon, but says that in order to get financial and public support for space exploration, scientists need to sell the science of the moon. Another option, according to Binder, is to make travel to the moon commercially viable, and lists many benefits of going to the moon, including using it as a fuel source, or colonizing the surface for human habitation (audio cuts out from 00:07:30 - 00:09:00). Binder explains the work of the Lunar Prospector and talks about the necessity of having computers to do a lot of the work. On Apollo, Binder calls the program the most significant event of the 21st century, and talks about the roles of the Apollo program, the Clementine spacecraft, and hte Lunar Prospector. The interview ends with Binder's views on his relationship with NASA, which he characterizes as being needlessly bound up in beaurocracy and red tape.
Duration: 0:14:22
Asset Type: Raw video
Media Type: Video
Subjects: Space; Apollo; Astronaut; American history; Gemini; Moon
Creators: WGBH Educational Foundation (Producing Organization)
Contributors: Haise, Fred, 1933- (Interviewee)
Rights Summary: Rights Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation
Citation: Chicago: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Fred Haise, Jr., NASA astronaut during the Apollo 13 mission, part 1 of 3,” 1998, GBH Archives, accessed April 16, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_26F8B4D0EF674004ADD931F7FF07AE32.; MLA: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Fred Haise, Jr., NASA astronaut during the Apollo 13 mission, part 1 of 3.” 1998. GBH Archives. Web. April 16, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_26F8B4D0EF674004ADD931F7FF07AE32>.; APA: NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Fred Haise, Jr., NASA astronaut during the Apollo 13 mission, part 1 of 3. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_26F8B4D0EF674004ADD931F7FF07AE32

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NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Fred Haise, Jr., NASA astronaut during the Apollo 13 mission, part 1 of 3