An Auburn University graduate, U.S. Navy pilot and retired rear admiral, Mattingly was part of the first astronaut class of 1966.
|Astronauts monitor the Apollo 13 emergency in Mission Control. Seated, from the left, Deke Slayton, director of flight crew operations; capsule communicator Jack Lousma, and Apollo 13 backup commander John Young. Standing, from the left, are original Apollo 13 CM pilot Ken Mattingly and Vance Brand. NASA and space enthusiasts in Alabama and around the world are remembering Apollo astronaut Thomas K.
In April 1972, the Apollo 16 Command Module flew to the moon and back, carrying astronauts John Young, Thomas “Ken” Mattingly and Charles Duke. It returned them safely back home 11 days later, along with more than 200 pounds of moon rocks.
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