For more on what mattingly thinks of the apollo 13.
Thomas mattingly apollo 13.
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 chicago.
Just days before apollo 13 lifted off in april 1970 mattingly was exposed to german measles through backup crew member charles duke.
Júniusig volt a nasa tagja.
összesen 21 napot 4 órát és 34 percet töltött a világűrben.
Radm thomas kenneth mattingly ii usn ret.
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.
Thomas ken mattingly was supposed to be on that crew but was yanked at the last minute because he was exposed to the german measles.
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 was the command module pilot on apollo 16 april 16 27 1972 was the spacecraft commander on sts 4 june 26 to july 4 1982 and sts 51 c january 24 27 1985.
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.
He received a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering from auburn university in 1958.
Mattingly s first flight to space was aboard the apollo 16 mission on april 16 1972 of which he served as commander.
Mattingly was born march 17 1936 in chicago.
He began his naval career as an ensign in 1958 and received his wings in 1960.
He was designated command module pilot for the apollo 13 flight but was.
But this wasn t supposed to be his first apollo mission.
Eredetileg tagja volt a szerencsétlenül járt apollo 13.
Mattingly ii orbited the moon as command module pilot on apollo 16 in 1972 and commanded two space shuttle missions.
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.
Astronaut thomas mattingly was born march 17th 1936 in chicago illinois.
Részt vett az apollo programban illetve repült a columbia és a discovery űrrepülőgép fedélzetén is.
Mattingly served on the support crews for apollo 8 and apollo 11.