Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1975.
1Flight
9d 1hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton, was an American World War II pilot, aeronautical engineer, and test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts, and became NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Sparta
- Education
- University of Minnesota; U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; Air Command and Staff College
- Awards
- National Aviation Hall of Fame; International Space Hall of Fame; NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal; NASA Distinguished Service Medal; Air Medal; and 1 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Saturn IB | Apollo-Soyuz Test ProjectJuly 15, 1975
Born 1924-03-01 · died 1993-06-13, aged 69