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- The 1966 NASA T-38 crash occurred when a NASA Northrop T-38 Talon crashed at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 28, 1966, killing two Project Gemini astronauts, Elliot See and Charles Bassett. The aircraft, piloted by See, crashed into the McDonnell Aircraft building where their Gemini 9 spacecraft was being assembled. The weather was poor with rain, snow, fog, and low clouds. A NASA panel, headed by the Chief of the Astronaut Office, Alan Shepard, investigated the crash. While the panel considered possible medical issues or aircraft maintenance problems, in addition to the weather and air traffic control factors, the end verdict was that the crash was caused by pilot error. In the aftermath of the crash, the backup crew of Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan were moved up to the primary position for the Gemini 9 mission, scheduled for early June. Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin, who had formerly been the backup crew for Gemini 10, became the mission's backup crew and through the normal rotation were assigned as prime crew for Gemini 12. Without the Gemini experience, it is unlikely that Aldrin would have been assigned to the Apollo 11 mission, during which he became the second person to walk on the Moon. (en)
- L'écrasement du T-38 de la Nasa en 1966 est l'accident d'un Northrop T-38 Talon de la National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) au Lambert Field — futur aéroport international de Lambert-Saint-Louis — à Saint-Louis dans le Missouri le 28 février 1966. Les deux passagers, Elliot See et Charles Bassett, deux aspirants-astronautes du programme Gemini, y trouvent la mort. L'appareil, piloté par See, s'écrase dans le bâtiment 101 de la McDonnell Aircraft Corporation où leur engin spatial pour la mission Gemini 9 est en cours d'assemblage. Le bâtiment se trouve à proximité de l'aérodrome et l'avion provenant de la base aérienne militaire Ellington, au Texas. Un groupe de la NASA, dirigé par le Chef du Bureau des astronautes, Alan Shepard, enquête sur l'accident. Bien que le comité envisage des problèmes médicaux ou des problèmes de maintenance de l'aéronef, conjugués aux conditions météorologiques défavorables (pluie, brouillard et nuages bas) et à une défaillance du contrôle aérien, la conclusion finale est que l'accident a été causé par une erreur de pilotage. À la suite de l'accident, l'équipage de réserve (Thomas Stafford et Eugene Cernan) prend la place de l'équipage principal pour la mission Gemini 9, prévue pour le début du mois de juin. James Lovell et Buzz Aldrin, auparavant réservistes pour la mission Gemini 10, deviennent réservistes de la prochaine mission et sont affectés à la rotation normale en tant qu'équipage principal de la mission Gemini 12. Sans l'expérience de Gemini, il est peu probable qu'Aldrin aurait été affecté à la mission Apollo 11, au cours de laquelle il devint le deuxième homme à marcher sur la Lune. (fr)
- O acidente do T-38 da NASA em 1966 ocorreu quando uma aeronave Northrop T-38A Talon operada pela NASA caiu no Aeroporto de Lambert–St. Louis em 28 de fevereiro de 1966, matando os astronautas Elliot See e Charles Bassett. O Talon, pilotado por See, bateu em um edifício da McDonnell Aircraft onde a espaçonave de sua missão Gemini IX estava sendo construída. As condições climáticas no momento do acidente eram ruins, com chuva, neve, neblina e nuvens baixas. A NASA imediatamente estabeleceu um painel para investigar as causas do acidente, chefiado pelo ex-astronauta Alan Shepard, então Chefe do Escritório dos Astronautas. O painel considerou possíveis problemas médicos dos astronautas ou defeitos de manutenção da aeronave, além dos fatores climáticos e de controle de tráfego aéreo. O veredito final foi que o acidente fora causado por erro do piloto, com o relatório final criticando as habilidades de See. Os dois astronautas estavam na época treinando para sua missão Gemini IX, com o resultado imediato de sua morte sendo a promoção da tripulação reserva, composta de Thomas Stafford e Eugene Cernan, para o posto de principal. Isto fez com que Jim Lovell e Buzz Aldrin se tornassem os novos reservas e, pela rotação normal de tripulações, depois fossem para o espaço na Gemini XII. Esta experiência espacial possibilitou que Aldrin integrasse a tripulação da Apollo 11 em 1969. (pt)
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- The 1966 NASA T-38 crash occurred when a NASA Northrop T-38 Talon crashed at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 28, 1966, killing two Project Gemini astronauts, Elliot See and Charles Bassett. The aircraft, piloted by See, crashed into the McDonnell Aircraft building where their Gemini 9 spacecraft was being assembled. The weather was poor with rain, snow, fog, and low clouds. A NASA panel, headed by the Chief of the Astronaut Office, Alan Shepard, investigated the crash. While the panel considered possible medical issues or aircraft maintenance problems, in addition to the weather and air traffic control factors, the end verdict was that the crash was caused by pilot error. (en)
- L'écrasement du T-38 de la Nasa en 1966 est l'accident d'un Northrop T-38 Talon de la National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) au Lambert Field — futur aéroport international de Lambert-Saint-Louis — à Saint-Louis dans le Missouri le 28 février 1966. Les deux passagers, Elliot See et Charles Bassett, deux aspirants-astronautes du programme Gemini, y trouvent la mort. L'appareil, piloté par See, s'écrase dans le bâtiment 101 de la McDonnell Aircraft Corporation où leur engin spatial pour la mission Gemini 9 est en cours d'assemblage. Le bâtiment se trouve à proximité de l'aérodrome et l'avion provenant de la base aérienne militaire Ellington, au Texas. (fr)
- O acidente do T-38 da NASA em 1966 ocorreu quando uma aeronave Northrop T-38A Talon operada pela NASA caiu no Aeroporto de Lambert–St. Louis em 28 de fevereiro de 1966, matando os astronautas Elliot See e Charles Bassett. O Talon, pilotado por See, bateu em um edifício da McDonnell Aircraft onde a espaçonave de sua missão Gemini IX estava sendo construída. As condições climáticas no momento do acidente eram ruins, com chuva, neve, neblina e nuvens baixas. (pt)
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