Nasa houston we ve had a problem apollo 13 launched on april 11 1970.
Ken mattingly hero.
There wasn t an airplane big enough he adds with a wry smile.
Just 72 hours before the scheduled launch of apollo 13 ken mattingly was removed from the mission and replaced by jack swigert from the back up crew as command module pilot.
The movie shows him wallowing on the couch with a can of.
Among the many unsung heroes laboring to save the crew of the ill fated apollo 13 was the aerospace engineer and rookie astronaut ken mattingly.
Radm thomas kenneth mattingly ii usn ret.
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.
Charlie duke also.
5 comments i would encourage you to understand that the people that made apollo happen are not here says ken mattingly self effacingly.
He is perhaps best remembered however as the astronaut who stayed home from the ill fated.
We also consider a real helpful letter we got from a fellow who said we ought to take a pig up with us for good luck.
Mattingly joined the united states navy in 1958 and earned his aviator wings flying from aircraft carriers until 1963.
Ken mattingly is a nasa astronaut who flew on the apollo 16 mission and twice on the space shuttle.
He attended auburn university where he earned a degree in aeronautical engineering.
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 s humble hero.
Well uh yes well i uh had a black cat walk over a broken mirror under the lunar module ladder didn t seem to be a problem.
The mission s motto ex luna scientia from the moon knowledge.
Nasa astronaut thomas kenneth mattingly ii was born in illinois on march 17 1936 and raised in florida.
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.