Biographies of Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidates

Monagan

Stephen Jay

USA

Personal data

Birthdate:	14.09.1944
Birthplace:	Waterbury / Connecticut
Marital status:	married
Children:	two
Selection date:	??.??.1977 / ??.??.1980
Job:	PLT
Position:	Ret. 16.01.1978 / 29.05.1980
Day of death:	03.03.1981
Place of death:	over Mojave desert / California

Additional information

Captain, USAF; at the time of his selection assigned at 3246th Test Wing, Eglin AFB, Florida; semi finalist in NASA astronaut group 8 and 9 selections; died in a plane crash in 1981 training pilots for a civilian company, the plane was faultily maintained.

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