NASA astronauts John Young, Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly landed on the moon 50 years ago today, and to mark the anniversary, iconic images from the penultimate lunar landing have been remastered.
NASA astronaut Ken Mattingly, who orbited the moon during the Apollo 16 mission, has died. He was 87. The space agency confirmed Mattingly died on Tuesday. “NASA astronaut TK Mattingly was key to the ...
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. But he's probably best known for Apollo 13 - the mission he ...
Ken 'TK' Mattingly, an American astronaut who visited the moon in 1972, passed away at the age of 87 on Tuesday, NASA confirms today. Mattingly was most famous for his key role in securing the safe ...
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 16 launch, the penultimate moon landing mission. The tenth crewed mission in the US’ Apollo Space program, run by NASA, was the second of Apollo’s “J ...
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 16’s landing on the moon, the fifth and penultimate group to do so. Ever since Neil Armstrong made his step onto the lunar surface three years earlier, every ...
Thomas K. Mattingly, a key commander during the Apollo 16 mission to the moon, died at age 87, NASA announced Thursday. Mattingly, known as Ken or T.K., died on Oct. 31, NASA confirmed in a statement.
Apollo astronaut Ken “TK” Mattingly, known for orbiting the moon and helping the crew of Apollo 13 return to Earth in the 1970s, died Tuesday, NASA announced. He was 87. “We lost one of our country’s ...