Edward Givens Status: Died While In Active Service 1/5/1930 – 6/6/1967 Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Edward Galen “Ed” Givens Jr. 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 died in an automobile accident before being assigned to a prime or backup spaceflight crew.