# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-h-peterson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:02:14.563Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-h-peterson"
name: "Donald H. Peterson"
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description: "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."
tagline: "American astronaut (1933–2018)"
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birthDate: "1933-10-22"
deathDate: "2018-05-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump