He orbited the moon in 1972 on the Apollo 16 mission after luckily missing Apollo 13.
Ken Mattingly, a Nasa astronaut who is best remembered for helping to bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died aged 87.
Mr Mattingly commanded two space shuttle missions and retired from the agency and the Navy as a rear admiral Instead, a rescue mission was launched to save Mr Swigert, James Lovell and Fred Haise on board Apollo 13. Mr Mattingly’s first spaceflight 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.
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