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Charles Arthur Bassett
Astronaut
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Born: December 30, 1931
Birth Place: Dayton, Ohio
Died: February 28, 1966
Cause of Death: Plane crash
Date Joined NASA: October 17, 1963
Space Flights: 0
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Charles Bassett
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MISSION ASSIGNMENTS
- Gemini 9A
Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew
(Mission reassigned to the backup crew after the deaths of Charles Bassett and Elliot See)
HIGHLIGHTS
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Earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering
from Texas Technological College.
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Bassett was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force.
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Bassett was assigned as a member of the Gemini 9A prime
crew in 1966, but was killed along with Elliot See when
the T-38 jet they were in crashed on February 28, 1966.
The crash resulted in Gemini 9 and all following
missions being reassigned, and ultimately determined
who would be the first crew to go to the Moon.
Information provided by Mark Wades Encyclopedia Astronautica
http://www.friends-partners.org/mwade/spaceflt.htm
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