In the movie apollo 13 1995 ken mattingly was played by actor gary sinise sinise was born on march 17 1955.
Ken mattingly apollo 13 movie.
I want to power up guidance e c s communications warm up the pyros for the parachutes and the command module thrusters.
In a 2001 interview with nasa ken mattingly the original command module pilot who was.
Just 72 hours before the scheduled launch of apollo 13 ken mattingly was removed from the mission and replaced by jack swigert from the back up crew as command module pilot.
Mattingly had been scheduled to fly on apollo 13 but three days prior to launch he was held back and removed from the mission due to exposure to german.
Born march 17 1936 is a former american aviator aeronautical engineer test pilot rear admiral in the united states navy and astronaut who flew on the apollo 16 sts 4 and sts 51 c missions.
Gary sinise played ken mattingly the apollo 13 prime command module pilot.
For more on what mattingly thinks of the apollo 13 movie check out the entire transcript of his interview on nasa s website.
We re sure there are other technical details the movie simplified.
Here s the order of what i want to do.
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For more on what mattingly thinks of the apollo 13 movie check out the entire transcript of his interview on nasa s website.