Editing Elliot See (section)

{{Short description|American astronaut (1927–1966)}}
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|image         = Elliot See - S64-29933.jpg
|caption       = See in 1964
|birth_name    = Elliot McKay See Jr.
|birth_date    = {{birth date|1927|7|23}}
|birth_place   = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], U.S.
|death_date    = {{death date and age|1966|2|28|1927|7|23}}
|death_place   = [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], U.S. 
|restingplace  = [[Arlington National Cemetery]]
|education     = [[University of Texas, Austin]] (attended)<br>[[United States Merchant Marine Academy]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[University of California, Los Angeles]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])
|type          = [[NASA astronaut]]
|selection     = [[NASA Astronaut Group 2|1962 NASA Group 2]]
|rank          = [[Commander (United States)|Commander]], [[United States Navy Reserve|USNR]]
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'''Elliot McKay See Jr.''' (July 23, 1927 – February 28, 1966) was an American [[engineer]], [[United States naval aviator|naval aviator]], [[test pilot]] and [[NASA astronaut]].

See received an appointment to the [[United States Merchant Marine Academy]] in 1945. He graduated in 1949 with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[marine engineering]] and a [[United States Navy Reserve|United States Naval Reserve]] commission, and joined the Aircraft Gas Turbine Division of [[General Electric]] as an engineer. He was called to active duty as a [[naval aviator]] during the [[Korean War]], and flew [[Grumman F9F Panther]] fighters with [[VA-52 (U.S. Navy)|Fighter Squadron 144]] (VF-144) from the [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Randolph|CV-15|6}} in the [[Mediterranean]], and {{USS|Boxer|CV-21|6}} in the [[Western Pacific Ocean|Western Pacific]]. He married Marilyn Denahy in 1954, and they had three children.

See rejoined General Electric (GE) in 1956 as a [[flight test engineer]] after his tour of duty, and became a group leader and experimental test pilot at [[Edwards Air Force Base]], where he flew the latest jet aircraft with GE engines. He also obtained a [[Master of Science]] degree in [[aeronautical engineering]] from [[UCLA]].

Selected in NASA's [[NASA Astronaut Group 2|second group of astronauts]] in 1962, See was the prime command pilot for what would have been his first space flight, [[Gemini 9]]. He was killed along with [[Charles Bassett]], his Gemini 9 crewmate, in a [[1966 NASA T-38 crash|NASA jet crash]] at the [[St. Louis]] [[McDonnell Aircraft]] plant, where they were to undergo two weeks of [[space rendezvous]] simulator training.