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Edward Galen Givens Jr.
Astronaut
| Date of Birth: |
January 5, 1930 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Quanah, Texas |
| Died: |
June 6, 1967 in Houston, Texas |
| Cause of Death: |
Automobile accident |
| Joined NASA: |
April 4, 1966 |
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MISSION ASSIGNMENTS
Apollo 7
Assignment: Support Crew (replaced by William Pogue)
HIGHLIGHTS
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B.Sc., Naval Sciences, US Naval Academy, 1952
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1952, joined USAF taking flight training at the USAF Air Training Command.
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1954,fighter pilot on duty in Japan.
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January 1956 to March 1958, flight instructor at the USAF Interceptor Weapons School.
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1959, graduated from the USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot school at Edwards AFB, California.
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Project Pilot at the Naval Air Station, Point Mogu, California.
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From November 1961 to September 1962, Assistant to the Commandant at the USAF Experimental Test Pilot School.
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1963, graduated from the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School, assigned to USAF office at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston until selected by NASA.
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Was assigned as part of the Support Crew for the Apollo 7 mission but was killed when he lost control of his car on a highway outside of Houston, Texas.
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