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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 ...
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 . Fue seleccionado en el primer grupo de astronautas que la NASA envió al espacio ( Mercury Seven ), pero debido a problemas cardiacos fue ...
14 de mar. de 2022 · Johnson Space Center. Mar 14, 2022. Article. 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.
27 de feb. de 2024 · Donald K. “Deke” Slayton. Slayton was named as one of the Mercury astronauts in April 1959. Mr. Slayton made his first space flight as Apollo docking module pilot of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission—a joint space flight culminating in the first historical meeting in space between American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts.
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 and...
History of Deke Slayton. Donald Kent (Deke) Slayton was born on March 1, 1924 to a local farming family in Sparta, Wisconsin. Growing up Deke always knew he wanted to do something more with his life than farm. Pearl Harbor was bombed during Deke’s senior year in high school, and after graduation in 1942 he joined the military and became a pilot.
