Jack Crichton

Jack Crichton was a character featured in the sci-fi television series Farscape. Played by actor Kent McCord, he was a retired astronaut and colonel for the International Aeronautics and Space Administration and the father of astronaut/scientist John Crichton. In his heyday, Jack was a contemporary of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Yuri gave Jack a puzzle ring, which he later gave to his own son, John. Jack is known for having gone on extra-vehicular activity (EVA) missions and even walked on the moon.

Jack visited his son on that fateful day at Cape Canaveral when John was scheduled to test fly the Farscape-1 space module. He told John how proud he was of him and encouraged him to get out from living in his shadow. He gave John Gagarin's ring as a memento and told him "Each man gets a chance of being his own kind of hero. Your time will come and when it does, watch out. Chances are it'll be the last thing you ever expected."