Charles Bassett

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.

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Charles Bassett is the astronaut record for catalog id 42.

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Details

Status: Lost In Training
Nationality: American
In space: No
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Catalog id42

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