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Thomas mattingly apollo 13.
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 s first flight to space was aboard the apollo 16 mission on april 16 1972 of which he served as commander.
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.
Részt vett az apollo programban illetve repült a columbia és a discovery űrrepülőgép fedélzetén is.
He received a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering from auburn university in 1958.
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.
But this wasn t supposed to be his first apollo mission.
A veteran of three space flights mattingly has logged 504 hours in space including 1 hour and 13 minutes of eva extravehicular activity during his apollo 16 flight.
Radm thomas kenneth mattingly ii usn ret.
Thomas kenneth mattingly ii 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.
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.
Mattingly was born march 17 1936 in chicago.
For more on what mattingly thinks of the apollo 13.
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.
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.
Just days before apollo 13 lifted off in april 1970 mattingly was exposed to german measles through backup crew member charles duke.
Mattingly served on the support crews for apollo 8 and apollo 11.
Astronaut thomas mattingly was born march 17th 1936 in chicago illinois.
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.
There were days of medical tests and uncertainty.