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{{Other persons|James Wood}}
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| name          =James Wood
| type          =[[USAF]] Astronaut
| nationality   =[[United States|American]]
|birth_date    ={{Birth date|1924|8|9}}
|date_death    ={{Death date and age|1990|1|1|1924|8|9}}
| birth_place   =[[Paragould, Arkansas]]
| death_place   =
| occupation    =[[Test pilot|Test Pilot]]
| rank          =[[Colonel]], [[U.S. Air Force]]
| selection     =[[List of astronauts by selection#1960|1960 Dyna-Soar Group 1]]
| time          =
| mission       =None
| insignia      =
|}}

'''James Wayne Wood''' (1924–1990) was an American astronaut in the [[X-20 Dyna-Soar]] program.

He was born in [[Paragould, Arkansas]] on August 9, 1924.

Wood earned a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the [[Air Force Institute of Technology]] in 1956. He was serving as an experimental test pilot at the Air Force Flight Test Center, [[Edwards AFB]], [[California]] when selected for the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.

Wood was the senior test pilot on the Dyna-Soar project and was slated to be the pilot on its first sub-orbital mission. If the program had not been cancelled, the first drop test was scheduled for July 1964.

After the Dyna-Soar program was cancelled in December 1963, he remained with the U.S. Air Force and served as Commander of Test Operations at [[Edwards Air Force Base]]. He retired from the U.S. Air Force with the rank of colonel.

He was married and had three children. He died on January 1, 1990 of natural causes.

Fun Fact: The X-20 project was cancelled the same day that Chuck Yeager injured himself while being ejected from a tumbling NF-104A. The program was cancelled on December 10th, 1963.⏎
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| NAME              = Wood, James Wayne
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American astronaut
| DATE OF BIRTH     = August 9, 1924
| PLACE OF BIRTH    = [[Paragould, Arkansas]]
| DATE OF DEATH     = January 1, 1990
| PLACE OF DEATH    = 
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[[Category:1924 births]]
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[[Category:American astronauts]]
[[Category:United States Air Force officers]]
[[Category:Air Force Institute of Technology alumni]]
[[Category:People from Greene County, Arkansas]]
[[Category:USAF Test Pilot School alumni]]
[[Category:American test pilots]]


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