NASA Career
Givens was one of the 'original 19' astronauts, the fifth group selected by NASA, in April 1966. After completing astronaut training, he briefly served on the Apollo 7 support crew before being killed in an automobile accident while driving his Volkswagen home from a meeting of the Quiet Birdmen fraternal organization. Givens was at the wheel with two other officers in the car when he missed a sharp, unmarked turn and crashed into a ditch in Pearland, Texas, near Johnson Space Center. Givens died on the way to the hospital. He was survived by his wife Ada and their three children.
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