The Resume

(October 2, 1935-December 8, 1967)
Born in Chicago, Illinois
US Air Force test pilot and flight instructor
Selected for the USAF Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL) program, becoming the first black astronaut (June, 1967)
Died in the crash of an F-104 Starfighter at Edwards Air Force Base

Why he might be annoying:

He died before he had a chance to make it to space.
His name was omitted from the Fallen Astronauts plaque left on the moon by the Apollo 15 crew.
Similarly, he was not added to the Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center until 1997.

Why he might not be annoying:

He graduated in the top ten percent of his high school at age 16.
His test flights were important in developing the steep-descent gliding technique used on the Space Shuttle.
His MOL mission patch was flown on the shuttle Atlantis (1997).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Astronauts
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 21]
• Celebrity Juniors
• I am from Chicago
• I Attended Ohio State University
• I Died in 1967 (Ranked: 32)
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 32)
• I Died While Flying
• I Earned a Doctorate
• Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
• Pilots
• Profiles 25751-26000 (Ranked: 25970)
• Purple Hearts

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 69 Votes: 55.07% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 126 Votes: 36.51% Annoying