Charles Edward Jones

Charles E. Jones
Born	Charles Edward Jones (1952-11-08)November 8, 1952 Clinton, Indiana, U.S.
Status	Deceased
Died	September 11, 2001(2001-09-11) (aged 48) New York City, New York, U.S. (on board AA Flight 11)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	United States Air Force Academy, B.S. 1974 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S. 1980
Space career
USAF Astronaut
Previous occupation	Computer programmer
Rank	Colonel, USAF
Selection	1982 USAF Group
Missions	Canceled Space Shuttle missions (STS-71-B)

Colonel Charles Edward ("Chuck") Jones (8 November 1952 - 11 September 2001) was a United States Air Force officer, an aeronautical engineer, computer programmer, and an astronaut in the USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program. He was killed during the September 11 attacks, aboard American Airlines Flight 11.

Life

Charles Edward Jones was born 8 November 1952, in Clinton, Indiana. He graduated from Wichita East High School in 1970, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Astronautical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1974, and received a Master of Science degree in Astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1980. 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 canceled after the Challenger Disaster in January 1986. He left the Manned Spaceflight Engineer program in 1987.

He later worked for Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., and was Systems Program Director for Intelligence and Information Systems, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts.

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 U.S. 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.

Jones' name is located on Panel N-74 of the National September 11 Memorial's North Pool, along with those of other passengers of Flight 11.

See also

• Casualties of the September 11 attacks

References

General references

• "Astronaut Biography: Charles Jones" Space Facts, Retrieved June 24, 2013