November 03, 2023

Credit: NASA

HOUSTON—Retired U. S. Navy Rear Admiral Thomas K. Mattingly II, who served as NASA’s Apollo 16 mission command pilot and went on to lead two space shuttle missions, has died. Mattingly passed away on Oct. 31, according to a NASA tribute released Nov. 2. He was 87, according to his NASA biography...

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