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