Deke Slayton
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title:
Deke Slayton
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Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton was an American Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, and test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA 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. Slayton joined the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, and flew in Europe and the Pacific. He left the Army after World War II, went on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in aer
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American astronaut (1924–1993)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton
date created:
2003-09-30T00:31:36Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T16:10:03Z
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