1966 NASA T-38 crash

Name: 1966 NASA T-38 crash
Start: 1966-02-28

28 Feb 1966 · 38.75° N, 90.35° W

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When: 28 Feb 1966
Kind: Air disaster
Coordinates: 38.75° N, 90.35° W
Description: aviation accident
Deaths: 2

1966 NASA T-38 crash

Aviation disaster which killed two astronauts outside St. Louis, Missouri

On February 28, 1966, a Northrop T-38 Talon from NASA crashed at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, killing two Project Gemini astronauts, Elliot See and Charles Bassett. The aircraft, piloted by See, crashed into the McDonnell Aircraft building where their Gemini 9 spacecraft was being assembled. The weather was poor with rain, snow, fog, and low clouds.

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