Donald H. Peterson

Donald Herod Peterson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Peterson was originally selected for the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program, but, when that was canceled, he became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. He was a mission specialist on STS-6 on board Challenger. During the mission Peterson performed a spacewalk to test the new airlock and space suits. He logged 120 hours in space. Peterson retired from NASA in 1984.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

• Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-6 — Mission Specialist · Success · April 4, 1983

• STS-6 EVA — 1983-04-07 · 4h 10m