 James M. Taylor

James Martin Taylor (November 27, 1930 – September 4, 1970) was a United States Air Force astronaut and test pilot.Although he trained for the USAF Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL), the program was cancelled before any of the MOL crews reached space.Taylor was born November 27, 1930, in Stamps, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1959.