Duke jr lunar module pilot.
John mattingly duke.
The second of apollo s j missions it was crewed by commander john young lunar module pilot charles duke and command module pilot ken mattingly launched from the kennedy space center in florida at 12 54 pm est on.
Mattingly was reassigned as command module pilot of duke s flight apollo 16.
A number of experiments were deployed and two impressive landmarks stone mountain and the north ray crater visited.
Duke and thomas k.
Young center fore and his wife susy center left fore astronaut thomas k.
Beautiful portrait of the almost apollo 13 astronaut who missed his ride because of a mistaken case of the measles but later flew with john young and charlie duke as the apollo 16 cmp.
Signed in black sharpie.
The apollo 16 is ready to launch of a simulation training session.
Jonathan christopher mattingly grew up in charlotte nc where he attended irwin ave elementary and charlotte country day.
Although ironically mattingly and duke flew together later on the apollo 16 mission were it not for charlie duke s measles woodfill said that swigert s.
Mattingly behind and between the youngs and astronaut charles duke jr.
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On this mission duke and john young landed at the descartes highlands and conducted three extravehicular activities evas.
The crew consisted of captain john w.
Mattingly 3 375.
Duke retired from nasa on january 1 1976.
Apollo 16 was the tenth crewed mission in the united states apollo space program the fifth and penultimate to land on the moon and the second to land in the lunar highlands.
He was later the spacecraft.
Visible are astronaut john w.
He also served as backup lunar module pilot for apollo 17.
He graduated from the nc school of science and mathematics and received a bs is applied mathematics with a concentration in physics from yale university.
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Ken mattingly with apollo 13 launch pad behind him.
Young flew with charlie duke and ken mattingly on the apollo 16 lunar landing mission becoming the ninth man to walk on the moon in april 1972.