Mattingly is assisted by astronaut charles m.
Thomas k mattingly ii astronaut.
Thomas ken mattingly was born in chicago illinois on march 17 1936.
Received a bachelor of science degree in.
Duke jr lunar module pilot.
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.
Mattingly ii visited the moon once and made great contributions to nasa throughout his career as an astronaut.
He received his wings in 1960 and served with attack squadron 35 aboard uss saratoga cva 60 and heavy attack squadron 11 aboard uss franklin d.
Attended florida elementary and secondary schools and is a graduate of miami edison high school miami florida.
He received a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering from auburn university in 1958.
Rear admiral thomas k.
He attended auburn university where he earned a degree in aeronautical engineering.
Mattingly was born march 17 1936 in chicago.
Mattingly ii rear admiral usn ret nasa astronaut former personal data.
He earned a bachelor s degree in aeronautical engineering at auburn university in 1958 then entered the navy.
Mattingly joined the united states navy in 1958 and earned his aviator wings flying from aircraft carriers until 1963.
After earning a degree in aeronautical engineering from auburn university in 1958 mattingly joined the u s.
Mattingly inspected the sim bay or service module sm and retrieved film from the mapping and panoramic cameras.
Born in chicago illinois march 17 1936.
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.
Mattingly ii command module pilot performs an extravehicular activity eva during the apollo 16 trans earth coast.
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 ii orbited the moon as command module pilot on apollo 16 in 1972 and commanded two space shuttle missions.
After his family moved to florida he attended elementary and secondary schools there graduating from miami s edison high school.
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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.
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.