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Elliot McKay See Jr. (July 23, 1927 – February 28, 1966) was an American engineer, naval aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut. See received an appointment to the United States Merchant Marine Academy in 1945.
1 de mar. de 2021 · Elliot See and Charles Bassett were Gemini-IX prime crew members who died in a T-38 plane accident in 1966. Learn about the investigation, the impact on the Gemini missions, and the burial of the astronauts.
The 1966 NASA T-38 crash occurred when a NASA Northrop T-38 Talon crashed at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 28, 1966, killing two Project Gemini astronauts, Elliot See and Charles Bassett. The aircraft, piloted by See, crashed into the McDonnell Aircraft building where their Gemini 9 spacecraft was being
5 de mar. de 2012 · Elliot See was thrown clear of the fuselage and his corpse would be found in the parking lot, parachute only half-opened. The gruesome discovery of Charlie Bassett’s severed head, jammed high in the rafters of Building 101, came later that day.
Elliot See was an American test pilot astronaut who died in a T-38 jet crash in 1966. He was selected as the back-up pilot for Gemini 5 and 9, and the command pilot for Gemini 9A. He flew in various jet aircraft and conducted powerplant tests. Learn more about his life, education, and achievements on this web page.
31 de ene. de 2013 · The original Gemini 9 prime crew, astronauts Elliot M. See Jr. (left), command pilot, and Charles A. Bassett II, pilot. Four astronauts were flying in two separate T-38 jets approaching Lambert...
19 de jul. de 2019 · Jul 19 2019 | by GE Reports. In the early fall of 1962, Neil Armstrong climbed into a car with GE test pilot Elliot See Jr. at what is now called the Armstrong Flight Research Facility in Edwards, California. They set out from the Mojave Desert town for NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston some 1,600 miles away.