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Elliot McKay See Jr.
Astronaut
| Date of Birth: |
July 27, 1927 |
| Place of Birth: |
Dallas, TX |
| Died: |
February 28, 1966 |
| Cause of Death: |
Plane crash |
| Joined NASA: |
September 7, 1962 |
| Space Flights: |
0 |
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MISSION ASSIGNMENTS
Gemini 5
Assignment: Back-up Pilot
Gemini 7 & 6A
Assignment: Capcom
Gemini 9
Assignment: Command Pilot
Mission reassigned to the backup crew after the deaths of Elliot See and Charles Bassett.
HIGHLIGHTS
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B.Sc., Science, US Merchant Marine Academy, 1949
M.Sc., Engineering, UCLA, 1962
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1949-1953, Researcher with General Electric Company
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1953-1956, Naval Aviator
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1956-1962, Flight test enginner and Experimental Test Pilot until selection by NASA.
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1965, Assigned as Gemini 9 Command Pilot in November
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February 28, 1966, died along with fellow astronaut and Gemini 9 crewmate Charles Bassett in the crash of their T-38 jet in St.Louis, Missouri.
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