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.
Ken mattingly missions.
Mattingly was reassigned as command module pilot of duke s flight apollo 16.
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 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 potential illness which he did not contract.
Radm thomas kenneth mattingly ii usn ret.
Ken mattingly is a nasa astronaut who flew on the apollo 16 mission and twice on.
He had been scheduled to fly on apollo 13 but was held back due to concerns about a potential illness.
But this wasn t supposed to be his first apollo mission.
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.
In addition to his space missions mattingly was an astronaut support crew member for the apollo 8 and.
On this mission duke and john young landed at the descartes highlands and conducted three extravehicular activities evas.
He had been scheduled to fly on apollo 13 but was held back due to concerns about a.
Thomas kenneth ken mattingly ii born march 17 1936 is a former nasa astronaut and a rear admiral in the united states navy.
As ken mattingly had no natural immunity to the disease he was replaced as command module pilot by jack swigert.
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.
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.