Russell L. Rogers

Infobox Astronaut
name =Rusell Rogers
type =USAF Astronaut
status =Deceased
nationality =American
date_birth =April 12, 1928
date_death =September 13, 1967
place_birth =Lawrence, Kansas
place_death =
occupation =
rank =Lt. Colonel, U.S. Air Force
selection =1960 Dyna-Soar Group 1
time =
mission =None
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Russell Lee Rogers was an astronaut assigned to the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. He was born on April 12, 1928 in Lawrence, Kansas. He was married with five children. Rogers was killed in the explosion of his F-105 fighter plane near Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan on September 13, 1967.

Rogers was an experimental test pilot at Edwards AFB when selected for the X-20 program in April, 1960. He left the program on December 10, 1963 when it was cancelled.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado in 1958. After the X-20 program, he remained in the U.S. Air Force on active flight duty as a pilot with the rank of Lt. Colonel at the time of his death.