First name and last name | Elliot See |
Date of birth | 23.07.1927 |
Date of death | 28.02.1966 |
Nationality | American |
Space Agency | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Status | Lost in training |
Type of astronaut | Government agency |
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_See |
Elliot McKay See Jr. was an American engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He was selected for NASA's second group of astronauts in 1962. See was chosen as the prime command pilot for what would have been his first space flight, Gemini 9. He was killed with Charles Bassett, his intended Gemini 9 crewmate, in a 1966 NASA trainer jet crash at the St. Louis, Missouri McDonnell Aircraft plant, where they were to take two weeks of space rendezvous simulator training.