- U.S. astronaut aboard Apollo 13.
- Elected to U.S. Congress from Colorado, but died before he could take office.
- A life-size statue of Swigert, dressed in his space suit and holding his space helmet, is displayed on Concourse B at Denver International Airport.
- He was selected for the Apollo 13 crew after Ken Mattingly. was grounded.
- Flew the ill-fated Apollo 13 with Jim Lovell and Fred Haise. The command module was Odyssey and the lunar module was Aquarius.
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