# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-bassett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:26:40.015Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-bassett"
name: "Charles Bassett"
slug: "charles-bassett"
description: "Charles Arthur Bassett II was an American electrical engineer and United States Air Force test pilot and astronaut. He went to Ohio State University for two years and later graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He joined the Air Force as a pilot and graduated from both the Air Force's Experimental Flight Test Pilot School and the Aerospace Research Pilot School. Bassett was married and had two children."
tagline: "United States Air Force test pilot and astronaut (1931–1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Bassett.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931-12-30"
deathDate: "1966-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.39363866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm4266080"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump