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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 .
14 mar 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.
- John Uri
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 ...
18 giu 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.
Slayton logged 217 hours, 28 minutes, and 24 seconds during his only spaceflight. From December 1975 to November 1977, he served as manager for the Approach and Landing Test series at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, at Edwards.
9 giu 2024 · Donald Kent Slayton 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.
14 giu 1993 · Donald K. Slayton, one of the original seven American astronauts and an influential manager in the space agency, died yesterday at his home in League City, Tex., near the Johnson Space Center...
