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Personal: Male, Married, Three children. Born in Stamps, Arkansas, USA. Crash of T-38 trainer. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: USAF MOL Group 1 - 1965. Deceased Entered space service: 12 November 1965. Left space service: 1969. Born in Stamps, Arkansas; married with three children. Receved BS in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1959. Selected November 12, 1965 USAF MOL Group 1; departed on June 10, 1969 with the cancellation of the MOL-Program. He served as an instructor pilot at the Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base. He was killed in the crash of his T-38 trainer near Palmdale, California, just over a year after the MOL cancellation. Taylor Chronology 12 November 1965 - USAF MOL Astronaut Training Group 1 selected.. The group was selected to provide crews for flights of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, a classified military manned space station.. Qualifications: Qualified military pilot; graduate of Aerospace Research Pilot School; serving military officer; US citizen by birth.. 4 September 1970 - Astronaut James Martin Taylor dies at age of 39 -- Crash of T-38 trainer.. 1972 Early - MOL 3 (cancelled). At the time of the cancellation of the MOL program in June 1969, the first manned mission was planned for early 1972. A crew of two would have spent thirty days in orbit operating sophisticated military reconnaisance equipment and other experiments. Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted. |
