Three crew members of the Apollo 13 mission (left to right), Fred Haise, Jim Lovell, and Mattingly. Bettmann Archive. But his most dramatic mission was one that he never flew.

Apollo 16 crew shown at Kennedy Space Center The black-and-white image shows astronauts Charles Duke, John Young and Thomas (Ken) Mattingly standing next to a lunar rover, but the men are not on ...

The Descartes highlands area of the moon from which Apollo 16 crew members John Young, Charles Duke, and Ken Mattingly returned close to 200 pounds of material is a gold mine of geological history.

An astronaut who visited the moon in 1972 as part of the Apollo 16 crew and helped design the Apollo spacesuits has died at the age of 87. Ken Mattingly's death was confirmed by NASA today, who ...

Apollo 16 astronauts, from left wearing white suits, Thomas Kenneth Mattingly, John Young and Charles Duke, pose for photographs by Navy Frogmen in rubber raft after leaving spaceship, left, in ...

Apollo 16 astronauts, from left wearing white suits, Thomas Kenneth Mattingly, John Young and Charles Duke, pose for photographs by Navy Frogmen in a rubber raft after leaving the spaceship, left ...

However, his own first spaceflight only came in 1972 when he orbited the moon as pilot of the Apollo 16 command module, while two other crew members landed on the moon's surface.

In 1970, Mattingly was supposed to have joined the crew of Apollo 13, piloting the command module. But he was removed from the mission a few days before launch after being exposed to German measles.

Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died. Skip to main content.

Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died, NASA announced.

LOS ANGELES — Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died, NASA announced.