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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 assignments.. Slayton joined the U.S. Army Air Forces during ...
Mar 14, 2022 · 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. Grounded from flying in space, Slayton instead turned to lead NASA’s team of astronauts for the next 10 years. After rigorous medical examinations, flight surgeons ...
Jun 18, 2024 · AST-05-290 (17-19 July 1975) — Astronaut Donald K. Slayton, docking module pilot of the American ASTP crew, is seen in the hatchway leading between the Apollo Docking Module and the Soyuz Orbital Module during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking mission in Earth orbit.
Deke Slayton Museum 200 W Main St Sparta, WI 54656 608-269-0033 alyssa.young@dekeslaytonmuseum.org
Jan 30, 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.
Carpenter Cooper Glenn Grissom Schirra Shepard Slayton: Donald K. "Deke" Slayton by Tara Gray. 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 ...
Feb 28, 2018 · Deke Slayton had the heart of a warrior. The native of Sparta was just 19 when he earned his pilot’s wings during World War II. He flew 56 combat missions in B-25 Mitchell bombers in the skies over Europe before returning to the U.S. to train bomber pilots.
Walter Marty Schirra Jr. (/ ʃ ɜːr ˈ ɑː /, March 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007) was an American naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut.In 1959, he became one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury, which was the United States' first effort to put humans into space.On October 3, 1962, he flew the six-orbit, nine-hour, Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, in a spacecraft he ...
Deke Slayton’s legacy as an astronaut, Air Force pilot, and pioneering leader in the U.S. space program has left an indelible mark on the history of space exploration.
Jun 14, 1993 · LEAGUE CITY, Texas - Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, an original Mercury Seven astronaut who waited 16 years to fly in space before finally going up in the historic 1975 U.S.-Soviet mission, died of cancer yesterday.
