Edward Givens
American - (NASA)
Died While In Active Service
Date of Birth: Jan. 5, 1930
Date of Death: June 6, 1967
Edward Galen "Ed" Givens Jr. was a United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. Selected by NASA in 1966 as a member of the fifth astronaut group, he died in an automobile accident before being assigned to a prime or backup spaceflight crew.
Spaceflight Record
No spaceflights found for Edward Givens.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 9-6
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
BlueBird Block 1
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAFirst five satellites for SpaceMobile’s cellphone-compatible broadband constellation.
Soyuz 2.1a
Soyuz MS-26
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanSoyuz MS-26 will carry two cosmonauts and one astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome i…
Falcon 9
Polaris Dawn
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAFirst mission of the privately funded Polaris program. The goal of this mission, lasting up to five days in orbit, is to fly higher than previous Dra…
Falcon 9
NROL-113
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAThird batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to…
