Charles Edward Jones belongs to the record of exploration as a figure whose journeys changed what was known.
The record lists Charles Edward Jones as American astronaut (1952-2001).
Charles Edward Jones was born at Clinton in 1952. His recorded nationality is United States.
Modern exploration moved to the places the body cannot survive unaided: the deep ocean, the upper atmosphere and orbit, reached by engineering as much as by nerve.
He is recorded as air force officer, astronaut and computer scientist.
Exploration was always as much logistics as courage, and the logistics are what decided outcomes.
Charles Edward Jones died in 2001, aged 49. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as air force officer, astronaut and computer scientist
