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Charles Arthur "Charlie" Bassett II (December 30, 1931 – February 28, 1966), (Major, USAF), was an American electrical engineer and United States Air Force test pilot. He went to Ohio State University for two years and later graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering .
Mar 1, 2021 · Charles Bassett and Elliot See were Gemini-IX prime crew members who died in a T-38 plane crash in 1966. Learn about the investigation, the impact on the Gemini missions, and the burial of the astronauts.
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CHARLES A. BASSETT, II (CAPTAIN, USAF) NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED) PERSONAL DATA: Born in Dayton, Ohio, on December 30, 1931. Died February 28, 1966, in St. Louis, Missouri, in the crash of a T-38 jet. He is survived by his wife, Jean, and two children.
Learn about the life and career of Charles Bassett, II, a US astronaut who died in a plane crash before his Gemini 9 mission in 1966. Find out his selection, training, and flight simulation work at NASA.
Jan 31, 2013 · The original Gemini 9 prime crew, astronauts Elliot M. See Jr. (left), command pilot, and Charles A. Bassett II, pilot. Four astronauts were flying in two separate T-38 jets approaching Lambert...
Charles Arthur "Charlie" Bassett II (December 30, 1931 – February 28, 1966), (Capt, USAF), was an American electrical engineer and United States Air Force test pilot. He was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1963 and assigned to Gemini 9, but died in an airplane crash during training for his first...
Feb 28, 2016 · On 28 February 1966, Elliot See and Charlie Bassett died in a T-38 jet crash near St. Louis, Missouri, while training for the Gemini IX mission. Read the details of the accident, the investigation and the impact on the Gemini program.
