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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). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: MOL 3. 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. | ||
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