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Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was an American Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, and test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts. He went on to become NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office and Director of Flight Crew Operations, responsible for NASA crew ...
27 de feb. de 2024 · AST-05-290 (17-19 July 1975) — Astronaut Donald K. Slayton, docking module pilot of the American ASTP crew, is seen in the hatchway leading between the Apollo Docking Module and the Soyuz Orbital Module during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking mission in Earth orbit.
14 de mar. de 2022 · Donald K. “Deke” Slayton, one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts that NASA selected in April 1959, lost his chance to become the second American to orbit the Earth when doctors noted he had a slight heart irregularity.
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.
12 de abr. de 2024 · Donald Kent Slayton 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.
Slayton's first and only spaceflight began on July 15, 1975, when he was launched as the first Apollo Docking Module Pilot for ASTP. The flight culminated in the first meeting in space between American astronauts and Soviet Cosmonauts, when two days later Apollo and Soyuz 19 rendezvoused and docked over Europe.
30 de ene. de 2014 · Donald "Deke" Slayton was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts — but he never flew in that program. Because of a heart condition, he was grounded for decades before being approved...
