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Donald K. "Deke" Slayton (Major, USAF, Ret.) was born on March 1, 1924, in Sparta, Wisconsin, to parents Charles Sherman and Victoria Adelia (Larson) Slayton. 1 Slayton graduated from Sparta High School, Sparta, Wisconsin, in 1942, and then enlisted in the Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet on his 18 th birthday, March 1, 1942. 2 He completed ...
Donald K. “Deke” Slayton prepares for an altitude test of the Apollo command module inside an altitude chamber at KSC’s Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. Slayton, one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, was grounded due to heart issues until he eventually flew on the Apollo-Soyuz mission. Image Credit: NASA.
12 de abr. de 2024 · Donald Kent Slayton (born March 1, 1924, Sparta, Wis., U.S.—died June 13, 1993, League City, Texas) was an American astronaut who was one of the original seven Project Mercury astronauts in 1959 but did not make a space flight until 1975.. Slayton joined the U.S. air force in 1942 and flew 56 combat missions during World War II.After the war he earned a B.S. in aeronautical engineering (1949 ...
Donald Kent „Deke“ Slayton (* 1. März 1924 in Sparta, Wisconsin; † 13. Juni 1993 in League City, Texas) war ein US-amerikanischer Raumfahrer. Er gehörte zur ersten Astronautengruppe, die 1959 ausgewählt wurde. Seinen ersten und einzigen Raumflug machte er jedoch erst 1975 im Rahmen des Apollo-Sojus-Test-Projekts
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 ...
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.
Donald Kent Slayton (1 de marzo de 1924 - 13 de junio de 1993), más conocido como Deke Slayton, fue un piloto estadounidense en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y, más tarde, astronauta y director de la NASA. Datos rápidos Donald Kent Slayton, Información personal ... Astronauta estadounidense.
