Who Played Ken Mattingly In Apollo 13

Despite having a limited screen time in the film apollo 13 gary as ken mattingly managed to make a huge impact.
Who played ken mattingly in apollo 13. I want to power up guidance e c s communications warm up the pyros for the parachutes and the command module thrusters. Of course those familiar with the apollo 13 story know that ken mattingly never got the measles. Apollo 13 1995 gary sinise as ken mattingly. Radm thomas kenneth mattingly ii usn ret.
I would encourage you to understand that the people that made apollo happen are not here says ken mattingly self effacingly. Swigert was one of three astronauts aboard the apollo 13 moon mission launched april 11 1970. Gary sinise played ken mattingly the apollo 13 prime command module pilot. Here s the order of what i want to do.
Gary sinise as ken mattingly. Thomas ken mattingly was supposed to be on that crew but was yanked at the last minute because he was exposed to the continue reading ken mattingly explains how the apollo 13 movie. The scenes in which sinise featured made the audiences root for him. There wasn t an airplane big enough he adds with a wry smile.
Originally part of the backup crew for the mission he was assigned to the mission three days before launch replacing astronaut ken mattingly. 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. 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. Played by gary sinise in the film he was originally the command module pilot of apollo 13 but was dropped at the last minute as doctors feared he was about to come down with german measles which he never did.
If you ve seen the movie apollo 13 you ll already know something of mattingly s role in the apollo program. Microsoft may earn an affiliate commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.