PHOTOS: New downtown mural dedicated to Dayton native is out of this world
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A new mural dedicated to NASA astronaut Charles Bassett II has been installed at the corner of Wyandot and Third streets in downtown Dayton. Bassett was a Dayton native and former U.S. Air Force pilot who died with fellow astronaut Elliot See Jr. on Feb. 28, 1966 when the T-38 jet they were aboard struck the building housing their space capsule in St. Louis, Mo. The design, created and painted by Tiffany Clark of the Mural Machine, includes a rendering of Bassett in his space suit and stats about Ohioâs space history. LISA POWELL / STAFF