LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died, NASA announced. However, The New York Times reported that Mattingly died in Arlington, Virginia. He helped with development of the spacesuit and backpack for the Apollo moon missions, NASA said. In 1970, Mattingly was supposed to have joined the crew of Apollo 13, piloting the command module. Apollo 13's story was told in the 1994 book “Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13,” co-authored by Lovell, and in the 1995 movie “Apollo 13,” where Gary Sinise played Mattingly.

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Persons: — Ken Mattingly, “, Bill Nelson, Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II “, ” Nelson, Mattingly, Mattingly spacewalked, John Swigert Jr, Swigert, James Lovell, Fred Haise, Mattingly “, ” NASA's Nelson, ”, Lovell, Gary Sinise Organizations: ANGELES, NASA, Apollo, The New York Times, Navy Locations: Arlington , Virginia