Charles Edward Jones
Charles Jones | |
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USAF Astronaut | |
Nationality | American |
Born |
Clinton, Indiana | November 8, 1952
Died |
September 11, 2001 48) New York, New York (onboard AA Flight 11) | (aged
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.
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]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Charles Edward Jones. Memorial Guide: National 9/11 Memorial. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
References
- "Astronaut Biography: Charles Jones". Space Facts. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
External links
Media related to Charles Edward Jones at Wikimedia Commons