Charles Jones (astronaut)

Charles Jones
USAF Astronaut
Nationality	American
Born	November 4, 1952(1952-11-04) Clinton, Indiana
Died	September 11, 2001(2001-09-11) (aged 48) New York, New York (onboard AA Flight 11)
Previous occupation	computer programmer
Rank	Colonel, USAF
Selection	1982 USAF Group
Missions	None

Colonel Charles Edward ("Chuck") Jones (November 4, 1952 – September 11, 2001) was a United States Air Force officer, a computer programmer, and an astronaut in the USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program.

Biography

Jones was born in Clinton, Indiana. He graduated from Wichita High School East in 1970 and earned a bachelor of science in astronautical engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1974. He entered the USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer program in 1982, and was scheduled to fly on mission STS-71-B in December 1986, but the mission was cancelled after the Challenger Disaster in January 1986. He left the Manned Spaceflight Engineer program in 1987.

He was killed at the age of 48 in the attacks of September 11, 2001, aboard American Airlines Flight 11. He had been living as a retired US Air Force Colonel in Bedford, Massachusetts, at the time of his death. He was survived by his wife Jeanette.

At the National 9/11 Memorial, Jones is memorialized at the North Pool, on Panel N-74.^[1]

See also

	Biography portal
	United States Air Force portal

• Casualties of the September 11 attacks

Notes

1. ^ Charles Edward Jones. Memorial Guide: National 9/11 Memorial. Retrieved October 28, 2011.

References

• "Former Military Astronaut Among Hijack Victims", an article by Robert Pearlman on the SPACE.com website, dated September 16, 2001
• Spacefacts biography of Charles Edward Jones

Persondata
Name	Jones, Charles Edward
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	November 4, 1952
Place of birth	Clinton, Indiana
Date of death	September 11, 2001
Place of death	New York, New York

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