Charles Edward Jones
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| USAF Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | November 4, 1952 Clinton, Indiana |
| Died | September 11, 2001 (aged 48) New York, New York (onboard AA Flight 11) |
| Previous occupation | computer programmer |
| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
| Selection | 1982 USAF Group |
| Missions | None |
Colonel Charles Edward ("Chuck") Jones (November 4, 1952 – September 11, 2001) was a United States Air Force officer, a computer programmer, and an astronaut in the USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program.
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[edit] Biography
Jones was born in Clinton, Indiana. He graduated from Wichita High School East in 1970 and earned a bachelor of science in astronautical engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1974. He entered the USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer program in 1982, and was scheduled to fly on mission STS-71-B in December 1986, but the mission was cancelled after the Challenger Disaster in January 1986. He left the Manned Spaceflight Engineer program in 1987.
He was killed at the age of 48 in the attacks of September 11, 2001, aboard American Airlines Flight 11. He had been living as a retired US Air Force Colonel in Bedford, Massachusetts, at the time of his death. He was survived by his wife Jeanette.
At the National 9/11 Memorial, Jones is memorialized at the North Pool, on Panel N-74.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Charles Edward Jones. Memorial Guide: National 9/11 Memorial. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
[edit] References
- "Former Military Astronaut Among Hijack Victims", an article by Robert Pearlman on the SPACE.com website, dated September 16, 2001
- Spacefacts biography of Charles Edward Jones
[edit] External links
Media related to Charles Edward Jones at Wikimedia Commons
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