ALS, one page, 5 x 8, August 24, 1998. Letter to Bill Van Laethem, in full: "Following Apollo 13 I served as the Backup Commander to John Young on Apollo 16. That lined me up to command Apollo 19, then the last scheduled mission to the moon. Jerry Carr would have landed with me and Bill Pogue was to be the CMP. However, after 2 to 3 months into that training cycle both Apollo 18 & 19 were cancelled—a second disappointment. Following an aircraft accident when I suffered burns over 65% of my body (requiring 3 months in the hospital) in 1973, I went on to fly 5 of the 8 Landing Test Flights on the first Space Shuttle Enterprise in 1977." In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Haise's hand.
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