Tim Mattingly Astronaut
Astronaut tim kopra was removed from a space shuttle crew less than six weeks before launch in 2011 after he was injured in a bicycle accident.
Tim mattingly astronaut. This is a list of astronauts by year of selection. John leonard swigert jr. Radm thomas kenneth mattingly ii usn ret. In 1972 he served as commander of the apollo 16 mission to the moon and in 1982 he served as commander of the first ever flight of the space shuttle columbia as the only astronaut to work aboard four different classes of spacecraft he became known throughout the agency and the world.
John watts young september 24 1930 january 5 2018 was one of the best known of nasa s astronaut corps. People selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command pilot or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft until recently astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments either by the military or by civilian space agencies. Before joining nasa in 1966 swigert was a civilian test pilot and fighter pilot in. Nasa gov brings you the latest images videos and news from america s space agency.
John watts young september 24 1930 january 5 2018 was an american astronaut naval officer and aviator test pilot and aeronautical engineer he became the ninth person to walk on the moon as commander of the apollo 16 mission in 1972. Air force usaf officer and test pilot as lunar module pilot of apollo 16 in 1972 he became the tenth and as of 2020 remains and youngest person to walk on the moon at age 36 years and 201 days. Mattingly followed up his breakout season with a spectacular 1985 winning the mvp award in the american league he batted 324 3rd in the league with 35 home runs 4th 48 doubles 1st and 145 rbis 1st then the most rbis in a season by a left handed major league batter since ted williams drove in 159 in 1949. Nasa has changed crew assignments in the past most famously substituting jack swigert for ken mattingly three days before the launch of the ill fated apollo 13 mission due to the latter s exposure to measles.
His 21 rbis lead in the category was the most in the american league since al. 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. Born october 3 1935 is an american former astronaut u s. 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.
He was one of the apollo program astronauts acting as support crew for apollo 8 and apollo 11 he also was the astronaut who helped with the development of the apollo spacesuit and backpack. August 30 1931 december 27 1982 was an american politician test pilot mechanical engineer aerospace engineer united states air force pilot and nasa astronaut in april 1970 as command module pilot of apollo 13 he became one of twenty four astronauts who flew to the moon. Thomas kenneth ken mattingly ii born march 17 1936 is a former nasa astronaut and a rear admiral in the united states navy.