After the apollo missions mattingly become a space shuttle astronaut and flew two missions.
Ken mattingly space missions.
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.
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.
Biography march 17 1936 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.
Ken mattingly is a nasa astronaut who flew on the apollo 16 mission and twice on.
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.
The mission assigned to apollo 16 was to collect samples from the lunar highlands at a location near the.
But this wasn t supposed to be his first apollo mission.
Young spacecraft commander ken mattingly command module pilot and charles m.
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.
The crew included john w.
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.
In addition to his space missions mattingly was an astronaut support crew member for the apollo 8 and.
Apollo 16 april 1627 1972 was the fifth manned lunar landing mission.
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.
This was the fourth and final orbital test flight for the space shuttle columbia and mattingly was the mission commander.
Sts 4 did 112 orbits of the earth.
He later flew as command module pilot for apollo 16 making.
Mattingly s first flight to space was aboard the apollo 16 mission on april 16 1972 of which he served as commander.
He had been scheduled to fly on apollo 13 but was held back due to concerns about a.