Theodore Cordy Freeman pilot instructor and test pilot , captain of the US Air Force , astronaut of the third set of NASA . Known as the first dead astronaut in .
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| Specialty | engineer pilot instructor test pilot |
| Military rank | captain |
| Expeditions | not involved [1] |
| Time in space | was not in space |
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| Awards | not |
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Biography
Early Years, Education
Theodore Freeman was born February 18, 1930 in the town of , Pennsylvania . He graduated from high school in 1948 and entered the University of Delaware , but studied there for only one year, and then transferred to the United States Naval Academy , which he graduated in 1953 with a bachelor of science degree . In 1960, Freeman received a Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan . Freeman graduated later. He was a member of the and the .
Military Service
Freeman received the rank of first lieutenant in January 1955, the following month - the so-called "pilot wings" . He served at military bases: , , Texas , Nellis, Nevada , , California . By February 1960, Freeman received the rank of captain and was sent to serve at the Edwards Air Force Base in California as an aerospace engineer.
In October 1963, Freeman was selected to the third set of NASA astronauts [3] .
On October 31, 1964, Freeman was returning from a McDonnell Douglas ( St. Louis ) training camp to ( Houston ) on a Northrop T-38 Talon . When landing, a white goose got into the air intake, which caused a fire. Theodore Freeman did not have time to catapult, and in any case, the height for this was already too small [4] .
In total, Freeman flew over 3300 hours for the service, including more than 2400 hours on jet aircraft [5] . He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery [6] .
Personal life
Wife - Faith Clark Freeman, daughter - Faith Huntington. It is noteworthy that the wife of the astronaut only learned about his death when a reporter came to her house to interview him. After that, NASA was assured that in the event of future deaths of astronauts, all measures will be taken so that their families learn about the tragedy as quickly as possible [7] .
Memory
- Two libraries in Texas are named after Theodore Freeman: affiliates of the Harris County and the Houston .
- An artificial island off the coast of Southern California , in the bay near the city of Long Beach , bears the name of Theodore Freeman. Nearby are three more artificial islands, also named after the dead astronauts: Grissom , White and Chaffee - these three astronauts died in 1967 during a fire on Apollo 1 [4] [8] .
- In 1968, a crater with a diameter of 87 kilometers on the Moon was named after Freeman [4] .
- On August 1, 1971 [9] , Apollo 15 commander David Scott erected an aluminum sculpture on the moon in the Hadley – Apennines area , depicting an astronaut in a spacesuit lying face down [10] . Next to it is a plate stuck in the ground, perpetuating the names of 8 US astronauts and 6 USSR cosmonauts , by then dead or deceased; Theodore Freeman is also on this list. Since then, the composition " The Fallen Astronaut " has remained the only art installation on the moon.
See also
- List of astronauts
- List of dead astronauts
- List of astronauts
Notes
- ↑ Biography (English) on spacefacts.de
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ Biography (English) on muldrake.com
- ↑ 1 2 3 Biography Archived on August 17, 2007. (English) on astronautmemorial.net
- ↑ Biography Archived July 6, 2017 on the Wayback Machine (eng.) On astronautsmemorial.org
- ↑ Biography (English) on the website arlingtoncemetery.net
- ↑ Michael Collins . Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys ISBN 0-8154-1028-X
- ↑ Fallen Astronauts: Book Review on arlingtoncemetery.net
- ↑ August 1, US time, GMT already started the next day at that time, so some sources indicate the date of August 2 .
- ↑ The Hammer and the Feather - 167: 41: 30 on the NASA website