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Henry Charles Gordon was a retired X-20 Dyna-Soar
astronaut and a Colonel in the United
States|USUSAF|AF, Ret. He was born on December 23,
1925 in Valparaiso, Indiana. He was married and
had four children. He died on September 24, 1996.

Colonel Gordon was selected as an astronaut in the
X-20 Dyna-Soar program on April, 1960 and began
training at the Air Force Flight Test Center,
Edwards AFB, California. 

He retired as an astronaut when the Dyna-Soar
program was cancelled on December 10, 1963.

He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1952
with a Bachelor of science in aeronautical
engineering. He earned a Master of Business
Administration from the University of Southern
California in 1966. Colonel Gordon flew combat
missions in the Korean and Vietnam wars. He
remained in the U.S. Air Force after the Dyna-Soar
program was cancelled and retired with the rank of
Colonel.

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