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Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton (Sparta, 1 de março de 1924 – League City, 13 de junho de 1993) foi um astronauta norte-americano, integrante do primeiro grupo de astronautas selecionados pela NASA, em 1959, para o pioneiro programa espacial conhecido como Projeto Mercury, criado para colocar um norte-americano no espaço.
13 de jun. de 1993 · That is how Don Slayton became known as Deke. It's interesting to know that his family and oldest friends always called him Don. While at Edwards, Deke Slayton flew test flight missions on the F-101, F-102, F-105 and the F-106. During 1959 he was ordered to report to Washington DC for a classified briefing.
Deke Slayton pictured in 1973. NASA photo. However, Slayton’s participation as an astronaut during Project Mercury was not to be. In 1962, an investigation was opened into incidences of an erratic heartbeat that had taken place during some centrifuge tests. As a result, Slayton was medically disqualified from spaceflight.
Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton, född 1 mars 1924 i Sparta, Wisconsin, död 13 juni 1993 i League City, Texas, var en amerikansk astronaut och officer i USA:s flygvapen. Slayton blev uttagen till Astronautgrupp 1 för Mercuryprogrammet , men blev den enda som inte flög en Mercurykapsel på grund av upptäckt hjärtfel; han blev då borttagen från flygstatus.
Deke Slayton as a bomber pilot during World War II. Slayton was born on March 1, 1924, on a farm near Sparta, Wisconsin, to parents Charles Sherman Slayton (1887–1972) and Victoria Adelia Slayton ( Template:Nee; 1895–1970). [2] He was of English and Norwegian descent. In 1929, a childhood farm equipment accident left him with a severed left ...
21 de may. de 2023 · Deke Slayton at Kennedy Space Center, circa March 1979. Slayton also described the Reagan-era NASA Administrator James Beggs as “a real horse’s a–,” and didn’t like Hans Mark, then-head of human spaceflight, much more than Beggs.
