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Ken Mattingly, best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died at 87.

Ken Mattingly, best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died at 87.

Ken Mattingly, best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died at 87.

Ken Mattingly, best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died at 87.

Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age

Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly, a rear admiral who flew on Apollo 16 and two space shuttle missions, died Tuesday, according to a NASA news release.

Mattingly was also known for being removed from the ill-fated Apollo 13 crew 72 hours before its scheduled launch.

Mattingly was also known for being removed from the ill-fated Apollo 13 crew 72 hours before its scheduled launch.

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Astronaut Thomas "Ken" Mattingly, who orbited the moon on NASA's Apollo 16 mission and narrowly missed the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, has died.