Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1983.
1Flight
5dTime in space
4h 10mEVA time
1Spacewalk
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
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.
Background
- Born in
- Winona
- Education
- U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; United States Military Academy
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-6April 4, 1983
Spacewalks
- STS-6 EVA1983-04-07
Born 1933-10-22 · died 2018-05-27, aged 84