Deke Slayton
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Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton was an American Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts. He went on to become NASA's first chief of the Astronaut Office and director of Flight Crew Operations, responsible for NASA crew assignments.
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Deke Slayton as a bomber pilot during World War II
Deke Slayton (right) beside a Douglas A-26 bomber
Deke Slayton
Deke Slayton (on stool at left) and the Apollo 11 crew during the last pre-flight press conference
Deke Slayton (right) with cosmonaut Alexei Leonov in the Soyuz spacecraft
Deke Slayton in 1981Awards 11
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Thomas P. StaffordAlso in The Mission of Apollo-Soyuz (1975)
Valeri KubasovAlso in The Mission of Apollo-Soyuz (1975)
Charles F. KetteringAlso won National Aviation Hall of Fame
Ronald EvansAlso won International Space Hall of Fame
James E. WebbAlso won International Space Hall of FameAbout this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 1993 · aged 69
Written about in
30 languages
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