Seymour Liebergot
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Seymour "Sy" Abraham Liebergot (born 15 February 1936 in Camden, New Jersey) is a retired NASA flight controller, serving during the Apollo program. Liebergot was an EECOM controller—he was responsible for the electrical and environmental systems onboard the Command Module. He was part of the team that guided Apollo 13 back to Earth following the explosion which crippled the spacecraft.
He began his career in 1963 with North American Aviation after graduating from California State University, Los Angeles. In 1964 he came to NASA. Liebergot was a flight controller on Apollos 8–15. He continued as a controller in the Skylab and ASTP missions.
Today, Seymour Liebergot lives in Pearland, Texas with his third wife Craig.
In the Apollo 13 movie, Seymour "Sy" Liebergot was played by Clint Howard, the brother of director Ron Howard.
