Thomas kenneth ken mattingly ii born march 17 1936 is a former nasa astronaut and a rear admiral in the united states navy.
Ken mattingly apollo 16.
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.
Ken mattingly apollo 16 astronaut.
Posted on april 13 2014 by r j.
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.
He had been scheduled to fly on apollo 13 but was held back due to concerns about a potential illness.
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.
Mattingly s first flight to space was aboard the apollo 16 mission on april 16 1972 of which he served as commander.
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.
He had been scheduled to fly on apollo 13 but was held back due to concerns about a.
Southworth had a great opportunity yesterday as my dad and i headed down to pontefract to hear a lecture by a very special man thomas kenneth ken mattingly one of only 24 men ever to go to the moon.
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.
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.
Radm thomas kenneth mattingly ii usn ret.
Ken mattingly was pulled from the apollo 13 crew just days before launch.
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.
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.
Mattingly command module pilot of apollo 16 and two time shuttle astronaut has come to pontefract to talk to us thanks to the hard work and efforts of the space lectures team led by ken willoughby.
But this wasn t supposed to be his first apollo mission.