Donn F. Eisele

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Donn Fulton Eisele was a United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and later a NASA astronaut. He occupied the Command Module Pilot seat during the flight of Apollo 7 in 1968. After retiring from both NASA and the Air Force, he became the Peace Corps country director for Thailand, before moving into private business.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Columbus

Education

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; United States Naval Academy; West High School

Awards

NASA Distinguished Service Medal; International Space Hall of Fame; Distinguished Flying Cross; Eagle Scout; United States Astronaut Hall of Fame

From Wikidata.

• Saturn IB | Apollo 7Command Module Pilot · Success · with Wally Schirra, Walter CunninghamOctober 11, 1968