Charles A. Bassett II

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Charles A. Bassett II was a NASA astronaut and former U.S. Air Force test pilot selected in the second group of American astronauts who died in a training jet crash before flying in space.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Charles A. Bassett II canonical 4
Charles Arthur Bassett II 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA astronaut ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
academicDegree Master’s degree in electrical engineering ⓘ
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath aircraft crash ⓘ
colleague Elliot M. See Jr. ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1931-12-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1966-02-28 ⓘ
deathBeforeSpaceflight true ⓘ
diedTogetherWith Elliot M. See Jr. ⓘ
educatedAt Air Force Institute of Technology ⓘ
Ohio State University ⓘ
Texas Technological College ⓘ
employer NASA ⓘ
era Space Race ⓘ
familyName Bassett ⓘ
fieldOfStudy electrical engineering ⓘ
fullName Charles Arthur Bassett II ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
hasNationality American ⓘ
killedIn T-38 jet trainer crash ⓘ
mannerOfDeath aviation accident ⓘ
memberOf NASA Astronaut Group 2 ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank Captain ⓘ
neverFlewInSpace true ⓘ
notableEvent fatal training flight to St. Louis for Gemini spacecraft simulator work ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first NASA astronauts to die before flying in space ⓘ
notableWork Gemini 9 mission training ⓘ
linked to: Gemini 9
occupation aerospace engineer ⓘ
astronaut ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
placeOfAccident McDonnell Aircraft plant, St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dayton, Ohio, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
positionOnMission pilot of Gemini 9 (original assignment) ⓘ
program Gemini program ⓘ
residence Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ
selectionAsAstronaut 1963 ⓘ
serviceNumberOrID United States Air Force officer ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
suffix II ⓘ
trainedAt Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston ⓘ
wasCrewMemberOf Gemini 9 (original prime crew) ⓘ
linked to: Gemini 9A

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elliot M. See Jr. → coPilotDesignateForMission → Charles A. Bassett II ⓘ
Gemini 9 → originalPrimeCrewPilot → Charles A. Bassett II ⓘ
The Fourteen → member → Charles A. Bassett II ⓘ
Elliot McKay See Jr. → diedWith → Charles A. Bassett II ⓘ
Charles A. Bassett II → fullName → Charles Arthur Bassett II ⓘ
linked to: Charles A. Bassett II