Apollo astronaut Ken “TK” Mattingly, known for orbiting the moon and helping the crew of Apollo 13 return to Earth in the 1970s, died Tuesday, NASA announced. He was 87. “We lost one of our country’s ...

A key tool used in the successful Apollo 16 mission is up for grabs in a new auction. The moon scoop that successfully collected samples of rock from the moon in 1972 can finally be yours.

"We lost one of our country's heroes on Oct. 31. NASA astronaut TK Mattingly was key to the success of our Apollo Program, and his shining personality will ensure he is remembered throughout history," ...

Thomas K. Mattingly II, a NASA astronaut who helped bring Apollo 13 home, is dead at 87. Mattingly II died on Tuesday, Oct. 31, according to a press release from NASA. NASA selected him as an ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Astronaut Thomas "Ken" Mattingly, who orbited the moon on NASA's Apollo 16 mission and narrowly missed the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, died Tuesday at age 87, NASA said. “We lost one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the ...

A May 25 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a black and white photo of three Apollo 16 astronauts posing with their helmets off. One of the astronauts is sitting in a lunar rover while ...

(CBS NEWS) — Thomas K. Mattingly, a key commander during the Apollo 16 mission to the moon, died at age 87, NASA announced Thursday. Mattingly, known as Ken or T.K., died on Oct. 31, NASA confirmed in ...

Astronaut Ken “T.K.” Mattingly has died. He circled the moon as command module pilot on Apollo 16 and later flew the space shuttle. But he’s probably best known for the mission he didn’t get to fly: ...

NASA astronaut Ken Mattingly, who orbited the moon during the Apollo 16 mission, has died. He was 87. The space agency confirmed Mattingly died on Tuesday. “NASA astronaut TK Mattingly was key to the ...

WEDNESDAY NIGHT RIGHT HERE ON WESH 2. NASA ASTRONAUT KEN MATTINGLY, WHO SPANNED APOLLO TO SHUTTLE ERAS, DIED THIS WEEK AT THE AGE OF 87. YEAH, HE FLEW TO THE MOON ON APOLLO 16, BUT IS WELL KNOWN FOR ...