Thomas kenneth mattingly ii born march 17 1936 radm usn ret better known as ken mattingly is a former american naval officer and aviator flag officer 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.
Ken mattingly missions.
Ken mattingly is a nasa astronaut who flew on the apollo 16 mission and twice on.
He was one of the apollo program astronauts acting as support crew for apollo 8 and apollo 11 he also was the astronaut who helped with the development of the apollo spacesuit and backpack.
In addition to his space missions mattingly was an astronaut support crew member for the apollo 8 and.
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.
Thomas kenneth mattingly ii born march 17 1936 radm usn ret better known as ken mattingly is a former american naval officer and 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.
He had been scheduled to fly on apollo 13 but was held back due to concerns about a.
On this mission duke and john young landed at the descartes highlands and conducted three extravehicular activities evas.
As ken mattingly had no natural immunity to the disease he was replaced as command module pilot by jack swigert.
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.
Mattingly was originally been scheduled to fly aboard the ill fated apollo 13 but was swapped out at the last minute with jack swigert after being exposed to measles.
He had been scheduled to fly on apollo 13 but was held back due to concerns about a potential illness which he did not contract.
Thomas kenneth ken mattingly ii born march 17 1936 is a retired american astronaut naval aviator and rear admiral in the united states navy who flew on the apollo 16 sts 4 and sts 51 c missions.
Mattingly was reassigned as command module pilot of duke s flight apollo 16.
Mattingly s first flight to space was aboard the apollo 16 mission on april 16 1972 of which he served as commander.
Thomas kenneth ken mattingly ii born march 17 1936 is a retired american astronaut naval aviator and rear admiral in the united states navy who flew on the apollo 16 sts 4 and sts 51 c missions he had been scheduled to fly on apollo 13 but was held back due to concerns about a potential illness which he did not contract.
Radm thomas kenneth mattingly ii usn ret.
But this wasn t supposed to be his first apollo mission.