Astronaut Jack Swigert got sick on Apollo 13 with a urinary tract infection shortly before launch, but he recovered in time to fly the mission.
The astronaut who did not fly on Apollo 13 was Ken Mattingly. He was originally part of the Apollo 13 crew but was replaced by Jack Swigert after being exposed to German measles.
what mercury astronaut was supposed to fly on the apollo 13
The astronaut of Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 was James Lovell.
It was actually astronaut Jack Swigert who relayed the famous message "Houston, we've had a problem" to Mission Control on the Apollo 13 mission. This phrase was slightly altered in the movie "Apollo 13" to "Houston, we have a problem."
Ken Mattingly flew as Command Module Pilot on Apollo 16.
Astronaut Jack Swigert got sick on Apollo 13 with a urinary tract infection shortly before launch, but he recovered in time to fly the mission.
The astronaut who did not fly on Apollo 13 was Ken Mattingly. He was originally part of the Apollo 13 crew but was replaced by Jack Swigert after being exposed to German measles.
what mercury astronaut was supposed to fly on the apollo 13
The astronaut of Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 was James Lovell.
It was actually astronaut Jack Swigert who relayed the famous message "Houston, we've had a problem" to Mission Control on the Apollo 13 mission. This phrase was slightly altered in the movie "Apollo 13" to "Houston, we have a problem."
The name of that astronaut was Thomas. K. Mat tingly and he was first chosen to fly in the Apollo 13 with James Lovell , Fred. w. Haise . So the back up astronaut Jack Swigert took his place.
On the back-up crew Charlie Duke got the measles and they took Ken Mattingly off of the mission because he was exposed to them and was supposed to get sick but he never did.
Fred Haise was the third astronaut who landed on the moon during Apollo 13 mission.
Ken Mattingly was originally assigned to the Apollo 13 mission but was replaced by Jack Swigert due to concerns of exposure to German measles.
He played astronaut James "Jim" Lovell Jr., commander of the ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13 space mission.
In the Apollo 13 space flight astronaut Thomas K. Mat tingly was grounded as he had measles. In a way he must have thanked his stars.