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13 de may. de 2024 · 1975: Astronaut Donald K. "Deke" Slayton portrait. He was the docking module pilot for the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission. In 1959, he was training in a centrifuge, and underwent an electrocardiogram; it was found that he had erratic heart activity.
11 de may. de 2024 · Please help support this great museum! If you haven’t been to the museum, it will be open during the Chicken-Q. There are some great new exhibits. Tickets available at the museum, on the museums website www.dekeslaytonmuseum.org or from any board member including me. Walk-ups welcome until dinners are sold out.
Hace 1 día · Deke Slayton, the grounded Mercury astronaut who became director of flight crew operations for the Gemini and Apollo programs, selected the first Apollo crew in January 1966, with Grissom as Command Pilot, White as Senior Pilot, and rookie Donn F. Eisele as Pilot.
31 de may. de 2024 · The Deke Slayton Memorial Space and Bike Museum, situated on Main Street, is an unmissable landmark honoring the legacy of local astronaut Deke Slayton with a collection of neat exhibits. Further ahead, the Monroe County Local History Room and Museum focuses on Sparta's history and culture.
11 de may. de 2024 · If you're not familiar with the real-world Deke Slayton's story, it's truly an eye-opening one. Here's the wiki-link to get started; the man was one hell of a dude. TL;DR: He did finally make it to space.
22 de may. de 2024 · While Dave Larsen and Bruce Matthew stopped in studio to talk about the Deke Slayton Airfest, we did get one story about blowing up a Mercury Zephyrs with C4 at Fort McCoy, and another about nearly crashing a plane as a teen and possibly never telling mom.
22 de may. de 2024 · Donald K. "Deke" Slayton flew B-25s with the 340th Bombardment Group in Europe during World War II. After 56 combat missions he returned to the United States in 1944 as an instructor. In April 1945, he was sent to Okinawa with the 319th Bomb Group and flew seven combat missions over Japan.
