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Jack Robert Lousma
Astronaut

Date of Birth: February 29, 1936
Place of Birth: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Joined NASA: April 4, 1966
Left NASA: October 1, 1983
Space Flights: 2
Time in Space: 67 days, 11 hours, 13 minutes
Number of EVA's: 2
Total EVA Time: 11 hours, 2 minutes

MISSION ASSIGNMENTS

Apollo 9
Assignment: Support Crew

Apollo 10
Assignment: Capcom

Apollo 13
Assignment: Support Crew & Capcom

Skylab 3
July 28 - September 25, 1973
Assignment: Command Module Pilot

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Assignment: Back-up Command Module Pilot

STS 3
March 22-30, 1982
Assignment: Commander


HIGHLIGHTS

  • B.Sc., Aeronautical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1959
    M.Sc., Aeronautical Engineering, US Naval Postgraduate School, 1965
  • Joined the US Marine Corps in 1959 and earned his wings in 1960 at the US Naval Air Training Command.
  • Prior to selection by NASA, assigned to the 1st Marine Air Wing as an attack pilot in Japan.
  • July-September, 1973, CMP aboard Skylab 3, a two month space station mission with crewmates Alan Bean and Owen Garriott.
  • March 1982, CDR of the STS 3 mission, the third orbital test flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
  • Retired from NASA and the USMC in October 1983 to enter private industry later making one unsuccessful bid for the United States Senate.