death_date death_place status birth_place other_names mission nationality birth_date selection rank image article_title name type occupation alma_mater
6 june 1967 houston , texas , u.s. deceased quanah , texas , u.s. edward galen givens , jr. none american 5 january 1930 1966 nasa group 5 major , usaf edward_galen_givens . jpg edward givens
 edward g. givens , jr. nasa astronaut fighter pilot , test pilot texas , b.s. 1952 a & m university university of oklahoma usna
edward givens

edward galen `` ed '' givens , jr. -lrb- january 5 , 1930 -- june 6 , 1967 -rrb- , -lrb- maj , usaf -rrb- , was a united states air force officer , test pilot , and nasa astronaut .
selected by nasa in 1966 as a member of the fifth astronaut group , he was killed in an automobile accident before being assigned to a prime or backup spaceflight crew .
