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Deke Slayton

United States

Deke Slayton was one of the original seven NASA astronauts selected for Project Mercury in 1959. A heart arrhythmia discovered before his scheduled Mercury flight grounded him from spaceflight for more than a decade, during which he served as NASAs director of flight crew operations, responsible for selecting and training astronauts for missions including Gemini and Apollo. After years of medical review cleared him to fly again, Slayton finally reached space in 1975 as a crew member on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first joint American-Soviet spaceflight.

Facts
Birth Date
1924-03-01 3
Birth Year
1924 3
Death Date
1993-06-13 3
Nationality
American 3
Defining Contribution
NASA's first chief of the Astronaut Office and director of Flight Crew Operations 3
Notable Mission
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Pilot 1
Dating
Selection Year
1959 2
Connections

Associated With

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Deke Slayton - Wikipedia

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Deke Slayton - Wikipedia
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Nationality

United States

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Source Wikidata: Deke Slayton
Sources
1. Deke Slayton (Wikipedia)
he was the docking module pilot of the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP)View the Source
2. Deke Slayton (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Deke Slayton lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. Deke Slayton - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1924-03-01
  • Early life and career
    was born on March 1, 1924
  • Infobox, death_date
    1993-06-13
  • Lead, sentence 1
    was an American Air Force pilot
  • Lead, paragraph 2
    was the docking module pilot of the 1975
  • Lead, paragraph 1
    first chief of the Astronaut Office and director of Flight Crew Operations
  • Operated By: NASA, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    He went on to become NASA's first chief of the Astronaut Office and director of Flight Crew Operations, responsible for NASA crew assignments.
  • Associated With: NASA, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    He went on to become NASA's first chief of the Astronaut Office and director of Flight Crew Operations, responsible for NASA crew assignments.
  • In Group: Mercury and Gemini Astronauts, Lead sentence
    Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton (March 1, 1924, June 13, 1993) was an American Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts.
View the Source
Wikidata: Deke Slayton
Wikidata Q336810, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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