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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 ...
30 de ene. de 2014 · Deke Slayton was selected for the Mercury program, but had to wait more than a decade to fly in space after concerns about an erratic heartbeat pulled him out of the flight rotation.
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 "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.
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.
DEKE SLAYTON (MR.) NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED) PERSONAL DATA: Born March 1, 1924, in Sparta, Wisconsin. Died June 13, 1993. He is survived by wife, Bobbie, and son, Kent. EDUCATION: Graduated from Sparta High School; received a bachelor of science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 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 .
