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Hace 4 días · Director of Flight Crew Operations Deke Slayton selected the first Apollo crew in January 1966, with Grissom as Command Pilot, White as Senior Pilot, and rookie Donn F. Eisele as Pilot. But Eisele dislocated his shoulder twice aboard the KC-135 weightlessness training aircraft, and had to undergo surgery on January 27.
Hace 4 días · They and the scientific community hoped to have two on each Skylab mission, but Deke Slayton, director of flight crew operations, insisted that two trained pilots fly on each. Although the scientists were qualified jet pilots, NASA headquarters made the final decision of one scientist in each Skylab crew on 6 July 1971, after the ...
Hace 4 días · When it started in the early 1990s, NASA’s Discovery Program represented a breakthrough in how NASA explored space. The newest book in the NASA History Series takes an in-depth look at the management techniques used to design creative and cost-effective spacecraft that continue to yield ground-breaking scientific data, drive new technology innovations, and achieve what has never been done ...
Hace 20 horas · April 9 – NASA Group 1 – Mercury Seven (USA) Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton. The first group of astronauts selected by NASA were for Project Mercury in April 1959.
Hace 5 días · Entertainment. Larsen, Mathew telling unreal stories, plus highlights of upcoming La Crosse Airfest. Published. 4 days ago. on. May 22, 2024. By. Rick Solem. Dave Larsen (left) and Bruce Mathew with La Crosse's Deke Slayton Airfest in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk PM on May 21, 2024.
Hace 1 día · However, in a slight twist of fate, two others, Original Seven veterans Deke Slayton and Al Shepard, also came tantalizingly close to flying an Atlas. John Glenn boards Friendship 7 on the morning of February 20, 1962 to become the first human to ride atop a Mighty Atlas.
Hace 5 días · We’re less than a month away from La Crosse’s Deke Slayton Airfest. Tuesday, Airfest’s Dave Larsen and Bruce Mathew gave La Crosse Talk PM the rundown of what to expect, including some new military performances that aren’t yet on the list and have never been part of the airshow, which has been going since 1998.
