Elliott M. See
Elliott M. See, Jr född 23 juli 1927 omkom 28 februari 1966 i ett flyghaveri. See blev uttagen i astronautgrupp 2 17 september 1962 som en av de nya Geminipiloterna till Geminiprogrammet inom NASA bemannade rymdprogram. Han var uttagen som backup till Gemini 5 och som befälhavare för Gemini 9.
Han dog under träning i rymdprogrammet när han var på väg till McDonnells fabrik som tillverkade rymdkapseln till Geminiprogrammet. I dålig sikt missade han landningsbanan. Han havererade rakt in i en byggnad nära landningsbanan på Lambert Field med det T-38 flygplan han var pilot för. Med sig i planet hade han astronautkandidaten Charles A. Bassett som skulle ha varit pilot på färden med Gemini 9.
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The original Gemini 9 prime crew, astronauts Elliot M. See Jr. (left), command pilot, and Charles A. Bassett II, pilot, in space suits with their helmets on the table in front of them. On February 28, 1966 the prime crew for the Gemini 9 mission were killed when their twin seat T-38 trainer jet aircraft crashed into a building in which the Gemini spacecraft were being manufactured. They were on final approach to Lambert-Saint Louis Municipal Airport when bad weather conditions hampered pilot See's ability to make a good visual contact with the runway. Noticing the building at the last second as he came out of the low cloud cover, See went to full afterburner and attempted to nose-up the aircraft in an attempt to miss the building. He clipped it and his plane crashed.
The original Gemini 9 prime crew, astronauts Elliot M. See Jr. (left), command pilot, and Charles A. Bassett II, pilot, in space suits with their helmets on the table in front of them. On February 28, 1966 the prime crew for the Gemini 9 mission were killed when their twin seat T-38 trainer jet aircraft crashed into a building in which the Gemini spacecraft were being manufactured. They were on final approach to Lambert-Saint Louis Municipal Airport when bad weather conditions hampered pilot See's ability to make a good visual contact with the runway. Noticing the building at the last second as he came out of the low cloud cover, See went to full afterburner and attempted to nose-up the aircraft in an attempt to miss the building. He clipped it and his plane crashed.