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Charles Bassett

Charles Bassett

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Biography

Charles Arthur "Charlie" Bassett II, Major, 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 spaceflight.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Background

Born in
Dayton
Education
U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; Texas Tech University; University of Southern California; Ohio State University; USC Viterbi School of Engineering; Berea High School

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Born 1931-12-30 · died 1966-02-28, aged 34