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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.
NAME: Donald K. (Deke) Slayton BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Slayton was born in Sparta, WI, on March 1, 1924. EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1949. Honorary degrees from Carthage College in Illi
Jan 27, 2022 · On Jan. 27, 1967, with the planned launch of the first Apollo mission to carry a crew just 25 days away, Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee were conducting a key test with their spacecraft on the launch pad.
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Jul 15, 2019 · On the morning of the launch that sent the first men to the moon, Deke Slayton knocked on the doors of Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins at quarter-past 4 a.m.
Slayton, Donald Kent (“Deke”)(b. 1 March 1924 in Sparta, Wisconsin; d. 13 June 1993 in League City, Texas), astronaut who was among the original seven selected for Project Mercury, the program that achieved the first American manned space flights.
Carpenter Cooper Glenn Grissom Schirra Shepard Slayton: Walter M. Schirra, Jr. by Tara Gray. Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. (Captain, USN, Ret.), was born on March 12 ...
