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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1970.6.103
Charles Bassett Jr.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1970.6.103

Charles Bassett Jr.

United States
U.S. Air Force Pilot (1953-1960)
NASA Astronaut (1963)
Pilot for the Gemini 9 mission (1965)

Captain Bassett became a Captain in the United States Air Force after graduating from the Aerospace Research Pilot School and the Air Force Experimental Pilot School. Bassett logged over 3,600 hours of flight experience in total, including over 2,900 hours in a jet aircraft. In October 1963, Bassett was selected as an astronaut and assigned to the Gemini 9 mission as a Pilot with Elliot See as Command Pilot.
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