Elliot See

Elliot M. See Jr.
NASA Astronaut
Nationality	American
Born	(1927-07-23)July 23, 1927 Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Died	February 28, 1966(1966-02-28) (aged 38) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery
Other names	Elliot McKay See Jr.
Other occupation	Test pilot, engineer, naval aviator
Alma mater	UT Austin USMMA, B.S. 1949 UCLA, M.S. 1962
Rank	Commander, USNR
Selection	1962 NASA Group 2
Missions	None

Elliot McKay See Jr. (July 23, 1927 – February 28, 1966) was an American engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, selected in the second group of astronauts. Chosen as the prime command pilot for what would have been his first space flight, Gemini 9, he was killed with his crewmate Charles Bassett in a 1966 NASA trainer jet crash at the St. Louis, Missouri McDonnell Aircraft plant, where they were to take two weeks of space rendezvous simulator training.

See was born in Dallas, Texas on July 23, 1927, and attended Highland Park High School, from which he graduated in 1945. See was active in the Boy Scouts of America and earned the rank of Eagle Scout. After initially attending The University of Texas where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, See received an appointment to the United States Merchant Marine Academy, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1949. He later obtained a Master of Science degree in Engineering from UCLA in 1962.

He was married to Marilyn Denahy See, and had three children: Sally, born in 1956; Carolyn, born in 1957; and David, born in 1962.