National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Theodore Freeman

United States of America

Theodore Freeman
Lost In Training

Biography

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Theodore Cordy "Ted" Freeman was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. Selected in the third group of NASA astronauts in 1963, he was killed a year later in the crash of a T-38 jet, marking the first fatality among the NASA Astronaut Corps. At the time of his death, he held the rank of captain.

Type

Government

Age

34

Date of Birth

February 18, 1930

First Flight

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Last Flight

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Flights

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Landings

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Spacewalks

P0D

Time in Space

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