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Charles Bassett

1931 - 1966

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Charles Arthur "Charlie" Bassett II (December 30, 1931 – February 28, 1966) (Major, USAF) was an American electrical engineer and United States Air Force test pilot. He went to Ohio State University for two years and later graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He joined the Air Force as a pilot and graduated from both the Air Force's Experimental Test Pilot School and the Aerospace Research Pilot School. Bassett was married and had two children. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Bassett is the 257th most popular astronaut (down from 208th in 2019), the 9,394th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,787th in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Charles Bassett ranks 257 out of 556. Before him are Clayton Anderson, Franco Malerba, Joseph P. Allen, Marsha Ivins, Jean-Pierre Haigneré, and Robert A. Parker. After him are Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, John L. Phillips, William E. Thornton, Jeanette J. Epps, Ernst Messerschmid, and Rodolfo Neri Vela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Charles Bassett ranks 500. Before him are Stanislav Lusk, Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Heinz Fütterer, Árpád Bárány, Bill Hoskyns, and Christopher George. After him are Barry Foster, Alfred W. Crosby, Jiří Feureisl, Park Wan-suh, Sergio Obeso Rivera, and Dan Rather. Among people deceased in 1966, Charles Bassett ranks 200. Before him are Avtandil Koridze, Curt Backeberg, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Natalena Koroleva, Áron Tamási, and Verna Felton. After him are Néstor Guillén, Alma Cogan, Alice Calhoun, Vladislav Illich-Svitych, George Goulding, and Claire McDowell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Bassett ranks 9,396 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles W. Juels (1944), Lisa De Leeuw (1958), Brooke Burke (1971), Alan Crosland (1894), Kesha (1987), and Verna Felton (1890). After him are Pua Kealoha (1902), Dustin Moskovitz (1984), Marguerite Clark (1883), Bill O'Reilly (1949), Mike Mills (1958), and Gordon B. Hinckley (1910).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Charles Bassett ranks 118. Before him are Story Musgrave (1935), Donald E. Williams (1942), Clayton Anderson (1959), Joseph P. Allen (1937), Marsha Ivins (1951), and Robert A. Parker (1936). After him are John L. Phillips (1951), William E. Thornton (1929), Jeanette J. Epps (1970), Joe F. Edwards Jr. (1958), Jerry L. Ross (1948), and Eileen Collins (1956).

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