
Career record
Flights
3
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
21d 2h
Career EVA time
1h 23m
Spacewalks
0
Biography
Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II better known as Ken Mattingly, is a former American naval officer and 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 potential illness (which he did not contract). He later flew as Command Module Pilot for Apollo 16, making him one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Launches
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-C — Commander · Success · January 24, 1985 · 19:50 UTC
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-4 — Commander · Success · June 27, 1982
- Saturn V | Apollo 16 — Command Module Pilot · Success · April 16, 1972
Born 1936-03-17 · died 2023-10-31