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14 de jun. de 1993 · He was 69. The cause of death was brain cancer, said Howard Benedict, executive director of the Mercury Seven Foundation. Of the first astronauts, Mr. Slayton, known to everyone as Deke, made the ...
Astronaut Deke Slayton was to have been the second American in orbit. On March 16, 1962, it was announced that Slayton was grounded - due to a minor heart fibrillation known to NASA when they selected him to be an astronaut. Slayton's three orbit flight would have been called Delta 7.
Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton, född 1 mars 1924 i Sparta, Wisconsin, död 13 juni 1993 i League City, Texas, var en amerikansk astronaut och officer i USA:s flygvapen. Slayton blev uttagen till Astronautgrupp 1 för Mercuryprogrammet , men blev den enda som inte flög en Mercurykapsel på grund av upptäckt hjärtfel; han blev då borttagen från flygstatus.
Deke Slayton, Deke Slayton and Deke Slayton.” Bill Anders, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Deke Slayton, from left, eat a pre-launch breakfast July 16, 1969.
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Deke Slayton. Donald Kent „Deke“ Slayton [vyslov: donald kent dýk slejtn] (* 1. marec 1924, Sparta – † 13. jún 1993, League City) bol americký astronaut, skúšobný pilot, letecký inžinier a pilot Vzdušných síl USA. Bol vybraný do prvej sedmičky astronautov NASA programu Mercury.
13 de jun. de 1993 · Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton 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, responsible for NASA crew assignments.
