deaths
August 21, 2013
C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1936)
C. Gordon Fullerton
Charles Gordon Fullerton was a United States Air Force colonel, a USAF and NASA astronaut, and a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California. His assignments included a variety of flight research and support activities piloting NASA's B-52 launch aircraft, the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), and other multi-engine and high performance aircraft.
August 21
August 21 is the 233rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 132 days remain until the end of the year.