About
Among NASA's second group of astronauts, he died when his trainer jet crashed.
Before Fame
He worked for General Electric in between working as a naval aviator.
Trivia
He was selected for the Gemini 9 mission but never made it into space; he was piloting a NASA trainer jet when it crashed in St. Louis.
Family Life
He was married to Marilyn Denahy See and had three children.
Associated With
He was played by Steve Zahn in the TV miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon."
