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Donald Kent Slayton, dit Deke Slayton, (né le 1 er mars 1924 à Sparta et mort le 13 juin 1993 à League City) est un pilote de l'armée de l'air américaine, un ingénieur aéronautique et un pilote d'essai américain.Il est sélectionné comme l'un des premiers astronautes du programme Mercury de la National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) : les Mercury Seven.
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 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
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 Slayton, detto Deke (Sparta, 1º marzo 1924 – League City, 13 giugno 1993), è stato un astronauta e aviatore statunitense. Fece parte del primo gruppo di astronauti scelti dalla NASA nel 1959, ma il suo primo ed unico volo nello spazio avvenne solo nel 1975 con la missione Apollo-Sojuz-ASTP .
Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was a United States 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.
