National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Charles Bassett
United States of America

Lost In Training
Biography
/01Charles 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.
Type
Government
Age
34
Date of Birth
December 30, 1931
First Flight
N/A
Last Flight
N/A
Career Stats
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Flights
0
Landings
0
Spacewalks
P0D
Time in Space