Ken Mattingly
Ken Mattingly is an astronaut from United States of America affiliated with the government agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration, embarked on 3 space flights and engaging in 1 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
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.
- Date of Birth: 03/17/1936
- Date of Death: 10/31/2023
- Status: Deceased
- First Flight: 04/16/1972
- Last Flight: 01/24/1985
- In Space: No
Launches
- Saturn V | Apollo 16
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-4
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-C
Spacewalk
Apollo 16 EVA 4
The spacewalk began at 04/25/1972 20:33 UTC and ended at 04/25/1972 21:57 UTC on the Deep Space for a total of 1 hours and 23 minutes.