Ken Mattingly 1936 - 2023

[Allan F]

Ken Mattingly has left us.

[TimberWolfAu]

Piloting a larger course now.

[Obviousman]

Another Apollo man is gone. It's up to us now to ensure he is remembered.

[bknight]

Not many of the Moon astronauts left as time goes by, happens to us all. RIP Ken.

[smartcooky]

One of the heroes of Apollo 13.

As most will know, Ken was involved closely with "Steely Eyed Missile Man" John Aaron in establishing a power up sequence for the CSM after it had been shut down. It wasn't quite like the way they depicted it in the Ron Howard movie - most of the sequence was worked out using slide rules and hand written diagrams and notes on graph paper, but its a fascinating story nonetheless, as told by John Aaron in his interview for the NASA Oral History.

https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/AaronJW/AaronJW_1-26-00.htm

[bknight]

One of the heroes of Apollo 13.

As most will know, Ken was involved closely with "Steely Eyed Missile Man" John Aaron in establishing a power up sequence for the CSM after it had been shut down. It wasn't quite like the way they depicted it in the Ron Howard movie - most of the sequence was worked out using slide rules and hand written diagrams and notes on graph paper, but its a fascinating story nonetheless, as told by John Aaron in his interview for the NASA Oral History.

https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/AaronJW/AaronJW_1-26-00.htm

Rather fascinating to say the least.