First name and last name | Theodore Freeman |
Date of birth | 18.02.1930 |
Date of death | 31.10.1964 |
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/Theodore_Freeman |
Theodore Cordy "Ted" Freeman was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. Selected in the third group of NASA astronauts in 1963, he was killed a year later in the crash of a T-38 jet, marking the first fatality among the NASA Astronaut Corps. At the time of his death, he held the rank of captain.