Web Quotableonline.com Frasescelebres.org Greatbookscollection.org

NAME:  Charles A. Bassett , II (Captain, USAF)
NASA Astronaut (Deceased)

==Personal data==

Born in Dayton, Ohio|Dayton, Ohio, on December 30,
1931. Died February 28, 1966, in Saint Louis,
Missouri|St. Louis, Missouri, in the crash of a
T-38 Talon jet. He is survived by his wife, Jean,
and two children.

==Education==

He attended Ohio State University from 1950 to
1952, and Texas Technological College from 1958 to
1960. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Electrical Engineering with honors from Texas
Tech; He had done graduate work at University of
Southern California.

==Organizations==

Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics
and Astronautics, Phi Kappa Tau, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau
Beta Pi and the Daedalians

==Experience==

Bassett was an Air Force Captain. He graduated
from the Aerospace Research Pilot School and the
Air Force Experimental Pilot School.

He served as an experimental test pilot and
engineering test pilot in the Fighter Projects
Office at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

He logged over 3,600 hours-flying time, including
over 2,900 hours in a jet aircraft.

===NASA experience===

Bassett was one of the Astronaut Group 3|third
group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963.
In addition to participating in the overall
astronaut-training program, he had specific
responsibilities pertaining to training and
simulators. On November 8, 1965, he was selected
as pilot of the upcoming Gemini 9 mission. He died
along with Elliott See on February 28, 1966, in
the crash of a T-38 jet.

NASA
astronaut-stub

==External links==
*http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bassett-ca.
html NASA biography