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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="ديك سلايتون – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ديك سلايتون" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Доналд Слейтан – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Доналд Слейтан" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD" title="Доналд Слейтън – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Доналд Слейтън" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Kent_Slayton" title="Donald Kent Slayton – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Donald Kent Slayton" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Slayton" title="Donald Slayton – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Donald Slayton" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton" title="Deke Slayton – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Deke Slayton" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton" title="Deke Slayton – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Deke Slayton" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton" title="Deke Slayton – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Deke Slayton" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton" title="Deke Slayton – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Deke Slayton" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="دیک اسلایتون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دیک اسلایتون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Slayton" title="Donald Slayton – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Donald Slayton" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton" title="Deke Slayton – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Deke Slayton" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A4_%D5%8D%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Դոնալդ Սլեյտոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դոնալդ Սլեյտոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton" title="Deke Slayton – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Deke Slayton" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Slayton" title="Donald Slayton – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Donald Slayton" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F" title="דיק סלייטון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דיק סלייטון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Доналд Слейтон – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Доналд Слейтон" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Slayton" title="Donald Slayton – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Donald Slayton" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton" title="Deke Slayton – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Deke Slayton" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="ديك سلايتون – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ديك سلايتون" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton" title="Deke Slayton – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Deke Slayton" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Slayton" title="Donald Slayton – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Donald Slayton" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3" title="ドナルド・スレイトン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ドナルド・スレイトン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton" title="Deke Slayton – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Deke Slayton" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton" title="Deke Slayton – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Deke Slayton" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton" title="Deke Slayton – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Deke Slayton" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Slayton" title="Donald Slayton – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Donald Slayton" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD,_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Слейтон, Дональд Кент – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Слейтон, Дональд Кент" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton" title="Deke Slayton – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Deke Slayton" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton" title="Deke Slayton – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Deke Slayton" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%98%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Доналд Слејтон – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Доналд Слејтон" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li 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<abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1978)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Bobbie Belle Jones</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1983)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_States)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)">Distinguished Flying Cross</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/NASA_Distinguished_Service_Medal" title="NASA Distinguished Service Medal">NASA Distinguished Service Medal</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Collier_Trophy" title="Collier Trophy">Collier Trophy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Doolittle_Award" title="James H. Doolittle Award">James H. Doolittle Award</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Space career</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header role"><a href="/wiki/NASA_astronaut" class="mw-redirect" title="NASA astronaut">NASA astronaut</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data title"><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Major</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Time in space</div></th><td class="infobox-data">9d 1h 28m</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Selection</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mercury_Seven" title="Mercury Seven">NASA Group 1 (1959)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Missions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Apollo%E2%80%93Soyuz_Test_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollo–Soyuz Test Project">Apollo–Soyuz Test Project</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Mission insignia</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ASTP_patch.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/ASTP_patch.png/55px-ASTP_patch.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/ASTP_patch.png/83px-ASTP_patch.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/ASTP_patch.png/110px-ASTP_patch.png 2x" data-file-width="4580" data-file-height="4580" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retirement</th><td class="infobox-data">February 27, 1982</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Deke_Slayton_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Deke_Slayton_signature.svg/150px-Deke_Slayton_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Deke_Slayton_signature.svg/225px-Deke_Slayton_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Deke_Slayton_signature.svg/300px-Deke_Slayton_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="961" data-file-height="382" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Donald Kent</b> "<b>Deke</b>" <b>Slayton</b> (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was an American <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Aviator" class="mw-redirect" title="Aviator">pilot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aeronautical_engineer" class="mw-redirect" title="Aeronautical engineer">aeronautical engineer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Test_pilot" title="Test pilot">test pilot</a>, and one of the original <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Seven" title="Mercury Seven">Mercury Seven</a> <a href="/wiki/Astronaut" title="Astronaut">astronauts</a>. He went on to become NASA's first <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Astronaut_Office" title="Chief of the Astronaut Office">Chief of the Astronaut Office</a> and Director of Flight Crew Operations, responsible for NASA crew assignments. </p><p>Slayton joined the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Forces">U.S. Army Air Forces</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, and flew in <a href="/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="European theatre of World War II">Europe</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic-Pacific Theater">Pacific</a>. He left the Army after World War II, went on to receive a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> degree in <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_engineering" title="Aerospace engineering">aeronautical engineering</a> from <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a> in 1949, and later joined the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Air_National_Guard" title="Minnesota Air National Guard">Minnesota Air National Guard</a> after working for <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Aeronautical_engineer" class="mw-redirect" title="Aeronautical engineer">aeronautical engineer</a>. He joined the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>, and attended the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Test_Pilot_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Test Pilot School">Air Force Test Pilot School</a> in 1955. In 1959, he applied to, and was selected as one of the <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Seven" title="Mercury Seven">Mercury Seven</a>, NASA's first class of astronauts. Slayton was scheduled to pilot the second U.S. crewed <a href="/wiki/Orbital_spaceflight" title="Orbital spaceflight">orbital spaceflight</a>, but was grounded in 1962 by <a href="/wiki/Atrial_fibrillation" title="Atrial fibrillation">atrial fibrillation</a>, an irregular heart rhythm. In March 1972, he was medically cleared to fly and was the docking module pilot of the 1975 <a href="/wiki/Apollo%E2%80%93Soyuz_Test_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollo–Soyuz Test Project">Apollo–Soyuz Test Project</a> (ASTP). Slayton continued to work at NASA until 1982. He also helped develop the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a>. </p><p>Slayton died from <a href="/wiki/Brain_cancer" class="mw-redirect" title="Brain cancer">brain cancer</a> on June 13, 1993, aged 69. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deke_Slayton&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_K._Slayton_(WW_II).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Donald_K._Slayton_%28WW_II%29.jpg/220px-Donald_K._Slayton_%28WW_II%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Donald_K._Slayton_%28WW_II%29.jpg/330px-Donald_K._Slayton_%28WW_II%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Donald_K._Slayton_%28WW_II%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="381" data-file-height="475" /></a><figcaption>Deke Slayton as a bomber pilot during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Astronaut_Deke_Slayton_during_World_War_II_-_GPN-2004-00028.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Astronaut_Deke_Slayton_during_World_War_II_-_GPN-2004-00028.jpg/220px-Astronaut_Deke_Slayton_during_World_War_II_-_GPN-2004-00028.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Astronaut_Deke_Slayton_during_World_War_II_-_GPN-2004-00028.jpg/330px-Astronaut_Deke_Slayton_during_World_War_II_-_GPN-2004-00028.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Astronaut_Deke_Slayton_during_World_War_II_-_GPN-2004-00028.jpg/440px-Astronaut_Deke_Slayton_during_World_War_II_-_GPN-2004-00028.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2840" data-file-height="2212" /></a><figcaption>Deke Slayton (right) beside a <a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-26_Invader" title="Douglas A-26 Invader">Douglas A-26</a> bomber</figcaption></figure> <p>Donald Kent Slayton was born on March 1, 1924, on a farm near <a href="/wiki/Leon,_Monroe_County,_Wisconsin" title="Leon, Monroe County, Wisconsin">Leon, Wisconsin</a>, to Charles Sherman Slayton (1887–1972) and Victoria Adelia Slayton (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a> Larson</span>; 1895–1970).<sup id="cite_ref-nasahist_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasahist-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 9">: 9 </span></sup> He was of <a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norwegians" title="Norwegians">Norwegian</a> descent. From a young age, he worked on the farm to raise sheep and cows, and grow tobacco. Throughout Slayton's childhood, his family's home did not have electricity or indoor plumbing. At the age of five, Slayton was clearing a horse-drawn hay mower when his left ring finger was severed.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 10–15">: 10–15 </span></sup> He attended a two-room elementary school in Leon, and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Sparta_High_School_(Wisconsin)" title="Sparta High School (Wisconsin)">Sparta High School</a> in 1942, where he <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxed</a>, played <a href="/wiki/Trombone" title="Trombone">trombone</a>, and was active in the <a href="/wiki/Future_Farmers_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Future Farmers of America">Future Farmers of America</a> (FFA).<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 15–17">: 15–17 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deke_Slayton&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1941 <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">attack on Pearl Harbor</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Empire">Japanese Empire</a> occurred during Slayton's senior year of high school. He initially wished to join the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a>, but joined the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Forces">U.S. Army Air Forces</a> when it began accepting high school graduates to fly.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 17">: 17 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After graduation, Slayton moved to <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio, Texas">San Antonio, Texas</a>, and entered the <a href="/wiki/Aviation_Cadet_Training_Program_(USAAF)" title="Aviation Cadet Training Program (USAAF)">Aviation Cadet Training Program</a>. He was initially medically delayed because of his severed ring finger, but was deemed able to fly. Slayton began flight training in <a href="/wiki/Vernon,_Texas" title="Vernon, Texas">Vernon, Texas</a>, where he trained on the <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_PT-19" title="Fairchild PT-19">Fairchild PT-19</a>, the <a href="/wiki/PT-17_Stearman" class="mw-redirect" title="PT-17 Stearman">PT-17 Stearman</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/AT-6_Texan" class="mw-redirect" title="AT-6 Texan">AT-6 Texan</a>. After three months of primary training, Slayton moved to <a href="/wiki/Waco,_Texas" title="Waco, Texas">Waco, Texas</a>, for basic flight training, where he flew the <a href="/wiki/BT-13_Valiant" class="mw-redirect" title="BT-13 Valiant">BT-13 Valiant</a>. Despite Slayton's wishes to fly single-engine fighter aircraft, he was selected to fly multi-engine aircraft. Slayton began multi-engine training on the <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_AT-10" class="mw-redirect" title="Beechcraft AT-10">Beechcraft AT-10</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cessna_AT-17_Bobcat" title="Cessna AT-17 Bobcat"> Cessna AT-17</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_AT-9_Jeep" title="Curtiss-Wright AT-9 Jeep"> Curtiss AT-9</a>. Slayton graduated from flight training on April 22, 1943, and was assigned to fly on the <a href="/wiki/B-25_Mitchell" class="mw-redirect" title="B-25 Mitchell">B-25 Mitchell</a>, his last choice for aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 18–22">: 18–22 </span></sup> </p><p>Slayton moved to <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Army_Air_Base" title="Columbia Army Air Base">Columbia Army Air Base</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> for the three-month-long B-25 Mitchell training. After completing training, he was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/340th_Flying_Training_Group#World_War_II" title="340th Flying Training Group">340th Bombardment Group</a>, and departed for the <a href="/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="European theatre of World War II">European theater of operations</a> on ship from <a href="/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News, Virginia</a>. After a stop in Zerni, North Africa, his convoy traveled to <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a>, Italy. While traveling near the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar" title="Strait of Gibraltar">Strait of Gibraltar</a>, their ships came under attack from German bombers and <a href="/wiki/U-boat#World_War_II_(1939–1945)" title="U-boat">submarines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 23–24">: 23–24 </span></sup> After he arrived in Naples, the 340th Bombardment Group moved to San Petrazio, where Slayton flew combat missions into the <a href="/wiki/Balkan_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Balkan Peninsula">Balkan Peninsula</a>. After six weeks, he moved to <a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">Foggia</a>, where 48 aircraft were destroyed after an eruption of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Vesuvius" title="Mount Vesuvius">Mount Vesuvius</a>. Afterwards, Slayton flew out of <a href="/wiki/Salerno" title="Salerno">Salerno</a> and <a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a>, where he upgraded from copilot to pilot. After 56 combat sorties, Slayton completed his combat tour and returned to the U.S. in May 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 26–32">: 26–32 </span></sup> </p><p>Immediately upon his return to Columbia Army Air Base to serve as a B-25 instructor, Slayton applied and was accepted to fly the new <a href="/wiki/A-26_Invader" class="mw-redirect" title="A-26 Invader">A-26 Invader</a> bomber aircraft. He moved to <a href="/wiki/Selfridge_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Selfridge Field">Selfridge Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> for training, and began preparing for a deployment to the <a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic-Pacific Theater">Pacific</a>. In July 1945, he arrived on <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa Island</a> and joined the <a href="/wiki/319th_Operations_Group#World_War_II" title="319th Operations Group">319th Bombardment Group</a>. He flew seven combat missions over <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, and encountered little Japanese resistance. Slayton flew his final combat mission on August 12, three days after the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">bombing of Nagasaki</a> and spent two months waiting for his return to the U.S. After the war, Slayton worked as B-25 instructor in <a href="/wiki/Albany,_Georgia" title="Albany, Georgia">Albany, Georgia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Boca_Raton,_Florida" title="Boca Raton, Florida">Boca Raton, Florida</a> and separated from the Army in November 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 33–40">: 33–40 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nmspace_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nmspace-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-World_War_II">Post-World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deke_Slayton&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After he was discharged from the Army, Slayton enrolled at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, and studied <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_engineering" title="Aerospace engineering">aeronautical engineering</a>. As a student, he supported himself using the <a href="/wiki/GI_Bill" class="mw-redirect" title="GI Bill">GI Bill</a> and by working at a <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Ward" title="Montgomery Ward">Montgomery Ward</a> warehouse. He graduated with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> degree in 1949, and accepted a job as an engineer with the <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing Aircraft Corporation</a> at <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle, Washington</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nasajsc_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasajsc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After moving to Seattle, Slayton lived in a rooming house and began working as a junior design engineer. While at Boeing, he worked on the <a href="/wiki/B-52_Stratofortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-52 Stratofortress">B-52 Stratofortress</a> and the <a href="/wiki/KC-97_Stratofreighter" class="mw-redirect" title="KC-97 Stratofreighter">KC-97 Stratofreighter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 40–47">: 40–47 </span></sup> </p><p>While he was a college student, Slayton joined the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Reserve">Air Force Reserve</a>, and was a T-6 Texan pilot flying out of <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul_International_Airport" title="Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport">Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport</a>. He transitioned to the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Air_National_Guard" title="Minnesota Air National Guard">Minnesota Air National Guard</a> (ANG), after accepting a demotion from captain to second lieutenant, to allow him to fly the A-26 Invader and <a href="/wiki/P-51_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="P-51 Mustang">P-51 Mustang</a>. He left the Minnesota ANG when he moved to Seattle. Slayton attempted to join an Air Force Reserve unit in Seattle at the start of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, but was rejected on the grounds that his inactive reserve status had expired. He contacted his previous squadron commander in Minnesota and accepted his offer to rejoin his former squadron in February 1951. Upon his return, Slayton was initially medically disqualified from flying for his eyesight. He served as a maintenance officer while waiting for his medical clearance and then became a maintenance flight test officer once he had returned to flying status.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 40–49">: 40–49 </span></sup> </p><p>In 1952, Slayton transferred to active duty Air Force from the Air National Guard. After completing his education at <a href="/wiki/Air_Command_and_Staff_College" title="Air Command and Staff College">Air Command and Staff School</a>, he was assigned as a maintenance inspector at <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a> Headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Lucius_D._Clay_Kaserne" title="Lucius D. Clay Kaserne">Wiesbaden Army Airfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>. He additionally served as an <a href="/wiki/F-86_Sabre" class="mw-redirect" title="F-86 Sabre">F-86 Sabre</a> pilot and maintenance officer with the <a href="/wiki/36th_Wing" title="36th Wing">36th Fighter Day Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bitburg_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Bitburg Air Base">Bitburg Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>. While stationed in Germany, he met Marjorie Lunney and married her on May 18, 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-nmspace_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nmspace-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 52–54">: 52–54 </span></sup> </p><p>At the start of his assignment in West Germany, Slayton applied to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force_Test_Pilot_School" title="U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School">U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School</a> (TPS), but was rejected on the basis that he had to complete his current three-year assignment. He reapplied and was accepted in 1955, and joined TPS Class 55C. After graduating in December 1955, he became a <a href="/wiki/Test_pilot" title="Test pilot">test pilot</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Test_Center" title="Air Force Test Center">Flight Test Center</a> at <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. He tested the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F-101_Voodoo" title="McDonnell F-101 Voodoo">F-101</a>, <a href="/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger" title="Convair F-102 Delta Dagger">F-102</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter" title="Lockheed F-104 Starfighter">F-104</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief" title="Republic F-105 Thunderchief">F-105</a> and <a href="/wiki/Convair_F-106_Delta_Dart" title="Convair F-106 Delta Dart">F-106</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was first assigned to the F-102, and tested the <a href="/wiki/MGM-1_Matador" title="MGM-1 Matador">Matador</a> and <a href="/wiki/AIR-2_Genie" title="AIR-2 Genie">Genie</a> missiles, and later tested the stall-spin characteristics of the F-105.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1958, he helped test Britain's first supersonic fighter, the <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning" title="English Electric Lightning">English Electric P1B Lightning</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 55–65">: 55–65 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NASA_career">NASA career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deke_Slayton&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: NASA career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mercury_Seven">Mercury Seven</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deke_Slayton&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mercury Seven"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_K._Slayton_(1960).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Donald_K._Slayton_%281960%29.jpg/170px-Donald_K._Slayton_%281960%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Donald_K._Slayton_%281960%29.jpg/255px-Donald_K._Slayton_%281960%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Donald_K._Slayton_%281960%29.jpg/340px-Donald_K._Slayton_%281960%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="454" data-file-height="612" /></a><figcaption>Deke Slayton</figcaption></figure> <p>In January 1959, Slayton was selected as one of the candidates for <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Project_Mercury" title="Project Mercury">Project Mercury</a>, the first U.S. crewed space flight program. Despite his initial lack of interest in spaceflight, he agreed to pursue astronaut selection. After an initial interview at the temporary NASA headquarters in the <a href="/wiki/Dolley_Madison_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Dolley Madison House">Dolley Madison House</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, Slayton was psychologically and physically tested at the <a href="/wiki/Lovelace_Clinic" class="mw-redirect" title="Lovelace Clinic">Lovelace Clinic</a> in <a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a>, along with fellow future astronauts <a href="/wiki/Scott_Carpenter" title="Scott Carpenter">Scott Carpenter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Lovell" title="Jim Lovell">Jim Lovell</a>. On April 2, 1959, Slayton was notified of his selection as an astronaut. He moved his family from Edwards Air Force Base to a housing development near <a href="/wiki/Fort_Eustis" title="Fort Eustis">Fort Eustis</a>, where he was neighbors with fellow <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Seven" title="Mercury Seven">Mercury Seven</a> astronauts <a href="/wiki/Gus_Grissom" title="Gus Grissom">Gus Grissom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wally_Schirra" title="Wally Schirra">Wally Schirra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nasahist_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasahist-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 66, 69–75">: 66, 69–75 </span></sup> </p><p>After he began at NASA, Slayton was assigned to the development of the <a href="/wiki/Convair" title="Convair">Convair</a> <a href="/wiki/Atlas_LV-3B" title="Atlas LV-3B">Atlas LV-3B</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-weseven_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weseven-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 98">: 98 </span></sup> In 1959, during a <a href="/wiki/High-G_training" class="mw-redirect" title="High-G training">centrifuge</a> training course, he underwent an <a href="/wiki/Electrocardiogram" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrocardiogram">electrocardiogram</a> that found that he had erratic heart activity. He received further medical evaluation at <a href="/wiki/Brooks_Air_Force_Base" title="Brooks Air Force Base">Brooks Air Force Base</a> and was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Idiopathic" class="mw-redirect" title="Idiopathic">idiopathic</a> <a href="/wiki/Atrial_fibrillation" title="Atrial fibrillation">atrial fibrillation</a>, but he was considered healthy enough to continue flying.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 78–79, 85–86">: 78–79, 85–86 </span></sup> During the uncrewed <a href="/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_4" title="Mercury-Atlas 4">Mercury-Atlas 4</a> orbital spaceflight, he worked at the tracking station in <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>. He was selected for the second American crewed orbital mission, <a href="/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_7" title="Mercury-Atlas 7">Mercury-Atlas 7</a>, which he intended to name <i>Delta 7</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 104–105, 110">: 104–105, 110 </span></sup> In early 1962, NASA Administrator <a href="/wiki/James_E._Webb" title="James E. Webb">James Webb</a> opened an investigation into Slayton's atrial fibrillation. On March 15, 1962, two months prior to the launch of <i>Delta 7</i>, Slayton was medically disqualified from the flight and replaced on the mission by <a href="/wiki/Scott_Carpenter" title="Scott Carpenter">Scott Carpenter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 111–114">: 111–114 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-times_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially, Slayton's ineligibility was only for his assigned mission, and he attempted to improve his health by exercising more regularly and abstaining from alcohol. NASA leadership determined that Slayton was still at risk for atrial fibrillation and removed his eligibility to fly any of the remaining Mercury missions.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 115–116">: 115–116 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nmspace_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nmspace-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flight doctors recommended a <a href="/wiki/Cardiac_catheterization" title="Cardiac catheterization">cardiac catheterization</a> to determine if he had a congenital condition, but NASA management rejected the proposal because of the risks of the operation.<sup id="cite_ref-times_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NASA_management">NASA management</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deke_Slayton&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: NASA management"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Deke_Slayton_(on_stool_at_left),_Buzz_Aldrin,_Neil_Armstrong,_and_Michael_Collins_during_the_last_pre-flight_press_conference.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Deke_Slayton_%28on_stool_at_left%29%2C_Buzz_Aldrin%2C_Neil_Armstrong%2C_and_Michael_Collins_during_the_last_pre-flight_press_conference.jpg/220px-Deke_Slayton_%28on_stool_at_left%29%2C_Buzz_Aldrin%2C_Neil_Armstrong%2C_and_Michael_Collins_during_the_last_pre-flight_press_conference.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Deke_Slayton_%28on_stool_at_left%29%2C_Buzz_Aldrin%2C_Neil_Armstrong%2C_and_Michael_Collins_during_the_last_pre-flight_press_conference.jpg/330px-Deke_Slayton_%28on_stool_at_left%29%2C_Buzz_Aldrin%2C_Neil_Armstrong%2C_and_Michael_Collins_during_the_last_pre-flight_press_conference.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Deke_Slayton_%28on_stool_at_left%29%2C_Buzz_Aldrin%2C_Neil_Armstrong%2C_and_Michael_Collins_during_the_last_pre-flight_press_conference.jpg/440px-Deke_Slayton_%28on_stool_at_left%29%2C_Buzz_Aldrin%2C_Neil_Armstrong%2C_and_Michael_Collins_during_the_last_pre-flight_press_conference.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2427" /></a><figcaption>Deke Slayton (on stool at left) and the Apollo 11 crew during the last pre-flight press conference</figcaption></figure> <p>After being grounded by NASA, Slayton was selected in early 1962 to serve as the senior manager of the astronaut office. One of his first roles was to select the <a href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_2" title="NASA Astronaut Group 2">Group 2</a> astronauts, and the new class was announced in September 1962. Additionally, he was tasked with making future crew assignments, and assigned <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Cooper" title="Gordon Cooper">Gordon Cooper</a> to <a href="/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_9" title="Mercury-Atlas 9">Mercury-Atlas 9</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 115–122">: 115–122 </span></sup> In an administrative restructuring in October 1963, Slayton became assistant director of Flight Crew Operations, in addition to his job managing the astronaut office. In November 1963, he resigned from his commission in the Air Force after he was permanently disqualified from flying and became a civilian executive for NASA. After <a href="/wiki/Alan_Shepard" title="Alan Shepard">Alan Shepard</a> was grounded due to <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9ni%C3%A8re%27s_disease" title="Ménière's disease">Ménière's disease</a>, he replaced Slayton as the manager of the astronaut office, while Slayton continued to work for Flight Crew Operations and was promoted to its director in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-deke_bio_space_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke_bio_space-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 133–140">: 133–140 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Slayton continued to be responsible for making crew assignments, and determined the astronauts that would fly on the <a href="/wiki/Project_Gemini" title="Project Gemini">Gemini</a> and <a href="/wiki/Apollo_program" title="Apollo program">Apollo</a> missions.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 166–168, 184">: 166–168, 184 </span></sup> Slayton created a crew rotation, where a crew would be selected as the backup crew for a mission and would later be the prime crew three missions later.<sup id="cite_ref-chaikin_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chaikin-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 42">: 42 </span></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_1#Fire" title="Apollo 1">Apollo 1 fire</a>, Slayton was in the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_34" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34">Cape Canaveral LC-34</a> blockhouse. He was a close friend of fellow astronaut Gus Grissom and had considered working inside the capsule to determine communications problems and would have worked under the footrests, where the fire would later begin.<sup id="cite_ref-chaikin_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chaikin-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 16–17">: 16–17 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 185, 189">: 185, 189 </span></sup> After the fire, Slayton called a meeting of the astronauts from the first groups to be chosen, in April 1967 and announced that they were the candidates for the first lunar landing.<sup id="cite_ref-chaikin_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chaikin-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 27">: 27 </span></sup> Slayton oversaw the crew reassignments for the upcoming Apollo missions, as well as the selection for <a href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_6" title="NASA Astronaut Group 6">Group 6</a> and <a href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_7" title="NASA Astronaut Group 7">Group 7</a> astronauts. During this time, he continued to show symptoms of atrial fibrillation. After NASA Administrator James Webb decided that <a href="/wiki/Apollo_8" title="Apollo 8">Apollo 8</a> would become a circumlunar mission, Slayton switched the previous crew to the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_9" title="Apollo 9">Apollo 9</a> because of their experience with the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_module" title="Lunar module">lunar module</a> and moved both the prime and backup crew from Apollo 9 to Apollo 8. Due to his crew rotation schedule, the backup crew of <a href="/wiki/Neil_Armstrong" title="Neil Armstrong">Neil Armstrong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin" title="Buzz Aldrin">Buzz Aldrin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Collins_(astronaut)" title="Michael Collins (astronaut)">Michael Collins</a> became the primary crew for <a href="/wiki/Apollo_11" title="Apollo 11">Apollo 11</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 200–203, 223–224, 250">: 200–203, 223–224, 250 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-chaikin_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chaikin-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 58–62, 136–137">: 58–62, 136–137 </span></sup> Slayton continued to assign the crew for the remaining lunar landings. Slayton chose to replace <a href="/wiki/Ken_Mattingly" title="Ken Mattingly">Ken Mattingly</a> with <a href="/wiki/Jack_Swigert" title="Jack Swigert">Jack Swigert</a> on <a href="/wiki/Apollo_13" title="Apollo 13">Apollo 13</a>, after concerns arose that Mattingly could develop <a href="/wiki/Measles" title="Measles">measles</a> during the mission.<sup id="cite_ref-chaikin_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chaikin-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 288">: 288 </span></sup> In 1969, he made the controversial decision to assign Alan Shepard as the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_13" title="Apollo 13">Apollo 13</a> commander, which was viewed by some astronauts as a conflict of interest, due to Shepard's previous position as head of the astronaut office. Shepard would be later reassigned to command <a href="/wiki/Apollo_14" title="Apollo 14">Apollo 14</a>, against Slayton's wishes, by the Office of Manned Spaceflight director <a href="/wiki/George_Mueller_(NASA)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Mueller (NASA)">George Mueller</a>, who felt that Shepard needed additional training time.<sup id="cite_ref-chaikin_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chaikin-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 346–348">: 346–348 </span></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_15_postal_covers_incident" title="Apollo 15 postal covers incident">postal covers scandal</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_15" title="Apollo 15">Apollo 15</a> mission, Slayton reassigned the crew to non-flying jobs, effectively ending their astronaut careers.<sup id="cite_ref-chaikin_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chaikin-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 496–497">: 496–497 </span></sup> Slayton supported keeping <a href="/wiki/Joe_Engle" title="Joe Engle">Joe Engle</a> as the lunar module pilot on <a href="/wiki/Apollo_17" title="Apollo 17">Apollo 17</a>, but was pressured by NASA management to replace him with <a href="/wiki/Jack_Schmitt" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Schmitt">Jack Schmitt</a>, a scientist-astronaut.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 271">: 271 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-chaikin_13-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chaikin-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 450–451">: 450–451 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_flight_status">Return to flight status</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deke_Slayton&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Return to flight status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While grounded, Slayton took several measures to attempt to be restored to flight status, including regularly exercising, taking vitamins, quitting cigarette smoking and coffee and reducing his consumption of alcoholic beverages. In 1970 his palpitations became more frequent and he started taking experimental daily doses of <a href="/wiki/Quinidine" title="Quinidine">quinidine</a>, a crystalline alkaloid. This treatment was successful, but concerned that taking medication would still disqualify him from solo flying, Slayton stopped taking it against doctors orders.<sup id="cite_ref-times_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a decade of seeing doctors around the world,<sup id="cite_ref-kennedy19850429_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kennedy19850429-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1971 Slayton was examined at the <a href="/wiki/Mayo_Clinic" title="Mayo Clinic">Mayo Clinic</a> after a long period without heart fibrillation, and was determined to not have a coronary condition. On March 13, 1972, NASA announced that Slayton had returned to flight status.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 264, 274, 275">: 264, 274, 275 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Apollo–Soyuz_flight"><span id="Apollo.E2.80.93Soyuz_flight"></span>Apollo–Soyuz flight</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deke_Slayton&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Apollo–Soyuz flight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Apollo%E2%80%93Soyuz_Test_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollo–Soyuz Test Project">Apollo–Soyuz Test Project</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Astronaut_Donald_K._Slayton_and_cosmonaut_Aleksey_A._Leonov_in_the_Soyuz_Orbital_Module.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Astronaut_Donald_K._Slayton_and_cosmonaut_Aleksey_A._Leonov_in_the_Soyuz_Orbital_Module.jpg/220px-Astronaut_Donald_K._Slayton_and_cosmonaut_Aleksey_A._Leonov_in_the_Soyuz_Orbital_Module.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Astronaut_Donald_K._Slayton_and_cosmonaut_Aleksey_A._Leonov_in_the_Soyuz_Orbital_Module.jpg/330px-Astronaut_Donald_K._Slayton_and_cosmonaut_Aleksey_A._Leonov_in_the_Soyuz_Orbital_Module.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Astronaut_Donald_K._Slayton_and_cosmonaut_Aleksey_A._Leonov_in_the_Soyuz_Orbital_Module.jpg/440px-Astronaut_Donald_K._Slayton_and_cosmonaut_Aleksey_A._Leonov_in_the_Soyuz_Orbital_Module.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4095" data-file-height="2729" /></a><figcaption>Deke Slayton (right) with cosmonaut <a href="/wiki/Alexei_Leonov" title="Alexei Leonov">Alexei Leonov</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Soyuz_(spacecraft)" title="Soyuz (spacecraft)">Soyuz spacecraft</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In February 1973, Slayton was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Apollo%E2%80%93Soyuz_Test_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollo–Soyuz Test Project">Apollo–Soyuz Test Project</a> (ASTP) as a docking module pilot, along with commander <a href="/wiki/Thomas_P._Stafford" title="Thomas P. Stafford">Thomas Stafford</a> and command module pilot <a href="/wiki/Vance_D._Brand" title="Vance D. Brand">Vance Brand</a>. The American crew began a two-year training program, which included learning the Russian language and making trips to the <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin_Cosmonaut_Training_Center" title="Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center">Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">USSR</a>. He remained in a managerial role throughout the <a href="/wiki/Skylab" title="Skylab">Skylab</a> program, and resigned as Director of Flight Crew Operations in February 1974 in preparation for his upcoming flight.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 280–281, 290">: 280–281, 290 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nasahist_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasahist-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wehavecapture_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wehavecapture-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 160–166">: 160–166 </span></sup> </p><p>The Apollo and <a href="/wiki/Soyuz_programme" title="Soyuz programme">Soyuz</a> spacecraft both launched on July 15, 1975. On July 17, the two craft rendezvoused in orbit and the American astronauts conducted crew transfers with cosmonauts <a href="/wiki/Alexei_Leonov" title="Alexei Leonov">Alexei Leonov</a> and <a href="/wiki/Valeri_Kubasov" class="mw-redirect" title="Valeri Kubasov">Valeri Kubasov</a>. At the end of the flight, an erroneous switch setting led to noxious <a href="/wiki/Nitrogen_tetroxide" class="mw-redirect" title="Nitrogen tetroxide">nitrogen tetroxide</a> fumes from the command module's RCS thrusters being sucked into the cabin during landing and the crew was hospitalized as a precaution in <a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, for two weeks. During hospitalization, a <a href="/wiki/Lesion" title="Lesion">lesion</a> was discovered on Slayton's lung and removed. It was determined to be benign, but he would have likely been grounded from ASTP if it had been discovered before the flight.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 300–305">: 300–305 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wehavecapture_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wehavecapture-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 188–195">: 188–195 </span></sup> He was 51 years old, making him the oldest astronaut to fly in space at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-deke_bio_space_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke_bio_space-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Space_Shuttle_program">Space Shuttle program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deke_Slayton&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Space Shuttle program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Deke_Slayton_in_1981.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Deke_Slayton_in_1981.jpg/170px-Deke_Slayton_in_1981.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Deke_Slayton_in_1981.jpg/255px-Deke_Slayton_in_1981.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Deke_Slayton_in_1981.jpg/340px-Deke_Slayton_in_1981.jpg 2x" data-file-width="985" data-file-height="1231" /></a><figcaption>Deke Slayton in 1981</figcaption></figure> <p>Prior to the ASTP flight, Slayton was assigned by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Kraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Kraft">Chris Kraft</a> to manage the <a href="/wiki/Approach_and_Landing_Tests" title="Approach and Landing Tests">Approach and Landing Tests</a> (ALT) of the Space Shuttle program. The ALT program developed the tests for the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_orbiter" title="Space Shuttle orbiter">Space Shuttle orbiter</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Enterprise" title="Space Shuttle Enterprise">Enterprise</a></i>, and modified several <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter" title="Lockheed F-104 Starfighter">F-104 Starfighters</a> and <a href="/wiki/T-38_Talon" class="mw-redirect" title="T-38 Talon">T-38 Talons</a> to train the astronauts. While working on the Space Shuttle, he also assisted in developing the <a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft" title="Shuttle Carrier Aircraft">Shuttle Carrier Aircraft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nasahist_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasahist-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 306–312">: 306–312 </span></sup> </p><p>The ALT program ended in late 1977 and Slayton agreed to manage the Space Shuttle's Orbital Flight Tests (OFT). During the selection of the <a href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_8" title="NASA Astronaut Group 8">Group 8</a> astronauts, Slayton advocated for fewer selections, with the expectation that two-man crews would fly the regular satellite deployment missions. He officially retired in 1980, but continued to serve in an advisory role for <a href="/wiki/STS-1" title="STS-1">STS-1</a>, and flew a T-38 chase plane during the landing of <a href="/wiki/STS-2" title="STS-2">STS-2</a>. He formally left NASA on February 27, 1982, and had flown 7,164 hours.<sup id="cite_ref-nasahist_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasahist-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 310–323">: 310–323 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-NASA_career">Post-NASA career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deke_Slayton&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Post-NASA career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his retirement from NASA, Slayton served as president of <a href="/wiki/Space_Services_Inc." title="Space Services Inc.">Space Services Inc.</a>, a Houston-based company earlier founded to develop rockets for small commercial payloads. He served as mission director for a rocket called the <a href="/wiki/Conestoga_(rocket)" title="Conestoga (rocket)">Conestoga</a>, which was successfully launched on September 9, 1982, and was the world's first privately funded rocket to reach space.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 329–342">: 329–342 </span></sup> Slayton also became interested in <a href="/wiki/Air_racing" title="Air racing">aviation racing</a>, and was President of International Formula One Pylon Air Racing and <a href="/wiki/Director_(business)" title="Director (business)">Director</a> of Columbia Astronautics. He also served on the <a href="/wiki/COMSTAC" title="COMSTAC">Department of Transportation's Commercial Space Advisory Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nasahist_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasahist-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 323–328">: 323–328 </span></sup> </p><p>In 1991, Slayton began working with space historian <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cassutt" title="Michael Cassutt">Michael Cassutt</a> to write his autobiography, titled <i>Deke!: U.S. Manned Space from Mercury to the Shuttle</i>, which was published in 1994, a year after his death.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 343">: 343 </span></sup> Slayton also co-wrote the 1994 book <i><a href="/wiki/Moon_Shot" title="Moon Shot">Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon</a></i> with fellow astronaut <a href="/wiki/Alan_Shepard" title="Alan Shepard">Alan Shepard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-moonshot_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moonshot-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deke_Slayton&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Slayton married Marjorie "Marge" Lunney (1921–1989) on May 18, 1955, and they had one son.<sup id="cite_ref-burgess2011_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burgess2011-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 345">: 345 </span></sup> They divorced in April 1978, and Slayton moved to a condominium near the <a href="/wiki/Johnson_Space_Center" title="Johnson Space Center">Johnson Space Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 308, 312">: 308, 312 </span></sup> He married Bobbie Belle Jones (1945–2010), who also worked at NASA, in October 1983, and they remained married until his death.<sup id="cite_ref-burgess2011_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burgess2011-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 350">: 350 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 318">: 318 </span></sup> </p><p>When Slayton was a test pilot, one of his pilot colleagues was also named Don. In order to avoid confusion in radio communications, Slayton was referred to by his initials, D.K., which were eventually shortened to "Deke."<sup id="cite_ref-deke!_2-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deke!-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 58">: 58 </span></sup> </p><p>In 1992, Slayton was diagnosed with a malignant <a href="/wiki/Brain_tumor" title="Brain tumor">brain tumor</a>. On June 13, 1993, he died in his home in <a href="/wiki/League_City,_Texas" title="League City, Texas">League City, Texas</a>, from the illness, at the age of 69.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_obit_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes_obit-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was cremated and his ashes scattered over his family farm in Sparta, Wisconsin.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deke_Slayton&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Slayton's military and NASA decorations:<sup id="cite_ref-nasajsc_5-1" 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</td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Campaign_Medal" title="American Campaign Medal">American Campaign Medal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal">European-African-Middle<br />Eastern Campaign Medal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal">Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_Victory_Medal_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="World War II Victory Medal (United States)">World War II Victory Medal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Service_Medal" title="National Defense Service Medal">National Defense Service Medal</a><br />with one <a href="/wiki/Service_star" title="Service star">star</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>During and after his career, Slayton received numerous awards from different organizations. He received the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Experimental_Test_Pilots" title="Society of Experimental Test Pilots">Society of Experimental Test Pilots</a> (SETP) <a href="/wiki/James_H._Doolittle_Award" title="James H. Doolittle Award">James H. Doolittle Award</a> in 1972 and the SETP Iven C. Kincheloe Award. In 1975, he received the National Institute of Social Sciences Gold Medal, the <a href="/wiki/Zeta_Beta_Tau" title="Zeta Beta Tau">Zeta Beta Tau</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Richard_James_Horatio_Gottheil" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard James Horatio Gottheil">Richard Gottheil</a> Medal, and the Wright Brothers International Manned Space Flight Award. In 1976, he received the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Space Award, the American Heart Association's Heart of the Year Award, the District 35-R Lions International American of the Year Award, and the <a href="/wiki/American_Astronautical_Society" title="American Astronautical Society">AAS</a> Flight Achievement Award. In 1977, he received the <a href="/wiki/AIAA" class="mw-redirect" title="AIAA">AIAA</a> Special Presidential Citation, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a>'s Outstanding Achievement Award, and the Houston Area Federal Business Association's Civil Servant of the Year Award. Slayton, along with Brand and Kubasov, won the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_A%C3%A9ronautique_Internationale" title="Fédération Aéronautique Internationale">FAI</a> Yuri Gagarin Gold Medal in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, he received the <a href="/wiki/Collier_Trophy" title="Collier Trophy">Collier Trophy</a>, the Gen. Billy Mitchell Award, and the AIAA <a href="/wiki/Andrew_G._Haley" title="Andrew G. Haley">Haley</a> Astronautics Award for 1978. Slayton received an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_degree" title="Honorary degree">Honorary</a> <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Science" title="Doctor of Science">D.Sc.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Carthage_College" title="Carthage College">Carthage College</a> in 1961, and an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_degree" title="Honorary degree">Honorary Doctorate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Engineering" title="Engineering">Engineering</a> from <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Technological_University" title="Michigan Technological University">Michigan Technological University</a> in 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-nasajsc_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasajsc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a <a href="/wiki/Fellow" title="Fellow">fellow</a> of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) and the <a href="/wiki/American_Astronautical_Society" title="American Astronautical Society">American Astronautical Society</a>, as well as an associate fellow of the <a href="/wiki/American_Institute_of_Aeronautics_and_Astronautics" title="American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics">American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics</a>. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Experimental_Aircraft_Association" title="Experimental Aircraft Association">Experimental Aircraft Association</a>, the Space Pioneers, the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Confederate Air Force">Confederate Air Force</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Daedalians" title="Order of Daedalians">Order of Daedalians</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Rifle_Association_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="National Rifle Association of America">National Rifle Association of America</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars" title="Veterans of Foreign Wars">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Fraternal_Order_of_Eagles" title="Fraternal Order of Eagles">Fraternal Order of Eagles</a>. Additionally, he was an honorary member of the American Fighter Aces Association, the National WWII Glider Pilots Association and the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Space_Explorers" title="Association of Space Explorers">Association of Space Explorers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nasajsc_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasajsc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deke Slayton was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Astronaut_Hall_of_Fame" title="United States Astronaut Hall of Fame">U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame</a> on May 11, 1990,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Museum_of_Space_History" title="New Mexico Museum of Space History">International Space Hall of Fame</a> in 1990,<sup id="cite_ref-nmspace_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nmspace-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/National_Aviation_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Aviation Hall of Fame">National Aviation Hall of Fame</a> in 1996,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/International_Air_%26_Space_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Air & Space Hall of Fame">International Air & Space Hall of Fame</a> in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Texas Oncology-Deke Slayton Cancer Center in <a href="/wiki/Webster,_Texas" title="Webster, Texas">Webster, Texas</a>, is named in his honor.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main stretch of road in League City, Texas, <a href="/wiki/Farm_to_Market_Road_518" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm to Market Road 518">FM 518</a>, was renamed Deke Slayton Highway.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Deke Slayton Memorial Space & Bicycle Museum in Sparta, Wisconsin was named in his honor.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Slayton biographical exhibit includes his Mercury space suit, his Ambassador of Exploration Award, which showcases a lunar sample, and more. In nearby <a href="/wiki/La_Crosse,_Wisconsin" title="La Crosse, Wisconsin">La Crosse, Wisconsin</a>, an annual summer aircraft <a href="/wiki/Air_show" title="Air show">air show</a>, the Deke Slayton Airfest, has been held in his honor, featuring modern and vintage military and civilian aircraft, along with NASA speakers. </p><p>Although the October 2014, <a href="/wiki/Cygnus_CRS_Orb-3" class="mw-redirect" title="Cygnus CRS Orb-3">Cygnus CRS Orb-3</a> mission named the S.S. <i>Deke Slayton</i> was lost when its <a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">Antares rocket</a> exploded during launch,<sup id="cite_ref-sfinside20140711_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sfinside20140711-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-orb-3_fail_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orb-3_fail-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Cygnus_CRS_Orb-4" class="mw-redirect" title="Cygnus CRS Orb-4">Cygnus CRS Orb-4</a> Orbital ATK space vehicle S.S. <i>Deke Slayton II</i> was successfully launched to the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> on an <a href="/wiki/Atlas_V" title="Atlas V">Atlas V</a> rocket on December 6, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, <a href="/wiki/Solstar" title="Solstar">Solstar</a> and NASA developed a preliminary design for Slayton Space Communicator (SC-Slayton), a commercial router on the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> named in his honor.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The device is intended for <a href="/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit" title="Low Earth orbit">low Earth orbit</a> service (LEO).<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_media">In media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deke_Slayton&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: In media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1983 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Right_Stuff_(film)" title="The Right Stuff (film)">The Right Stuff</a></i> – played by <a href="/wiki/Scott_Paulin" title="Scott Paulin">Scott Paulin</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1995 film <i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_13_(film)" title="Apollo 13 (film)">Apollo 13</a></i> – played by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ellis_(actor)" title="Chris Ellis (actor)">Chris Ellis</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1996 TV movie <i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_11_(1996_film)" title="Apollo 11 (1996 film)">Apollo 11</a></i> – played by <a href="/wiki/Jack_Conley_(actor)" title="Jack Conley (actor)">Jack Conley</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1998 TV <a href="/wiki/Miniseries" title="Miniseries">miniseries</a> <i><a href="/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon_(miniseries)" title="From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)">From the Earth to the Moon</a></i> – played by <a href="/wiki/Nick_Searcy" title="Nick Searcy">Nick Searcy</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2009 TV movie <i><a href="/wiki/Moonshot_(2009_film)" title="Moonshot (2009 film)">Moonshot</a></i> – played by <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Whitmey" title="Nigel Whitmey">Nigel Whitmey</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2015 TV series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Astronaut_Wives_Club" title="The Astronaut Wives Club">The Astronaut Wives Club</a></i> – played by <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Mitchell_(actor)" title="Kenneth Mitchell (actor)">Kenneth Mitchell</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2016 film <i><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Figures" title="Hidden Figures">Hidden Figures</a></i> – played by Evan Holtzman<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2018 film <i><a href="/wiki/First_Man_(film)" title="First Man (film)">First Man</a></i> – played by <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Chandler" title="Kyle Chandler">Kyle Chandler</a><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2019 TV series <i><a href="/wiki/For_All_Mankind_(TV_series)" title="For All Mankind (TV series)">For All Mankind</a></i> – played by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Bauer" title="Chris Bauer">Chris Bauer</a><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2020 <a href="/wiki/Disney%2B" title="Disney+">Disney+</a>/<a href="/wiki/National_Geographic_(U.S._TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Geographic (U.S. TV channel)">National Geographic</a> miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/The_Right_Stuff_(TV_series)" title="The Right Stuff (TV series)">The Right Stuff</a></i> – played by <a href="/wiki/Micah_Stock" title="Micah Stock">Micah Stock</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deke_Slayton&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/US_space_exploration_history_on_US_stamps#Apollo–Soyuz_Commemorative_Issue_of_1975" class="mw-redirect" title="US space exploration history on US stamps">Apollo–Soyuz Commemorative stamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_brain_tumor_patients" class="mw-redirect" title="List of brain tumor patients">List of brain tumor patients</a></li></ul> <div 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 8,</span> 2013</span>. <q>While at Edwards, Deke Slayton flew test flight missions on the F-101, F-102, F-105 and the F-106.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Donald+K+%22Deke%22+Slayton&rft.pub=Wisconsin+Aviation+Hall+of+Fame&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisconsinaviationhalloffame.org%2Finductees%2Fslayton.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeke+Slayton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKranz2000" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Gene_Kranz" title="Gene Kranz">Kranz, Gene</a> (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780743200790"><i>Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond</i></a>. 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Task_Group" title="Space Task Group">Space Task Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Race" title="Space Race">Space race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spaceflight" title="Spaceflight">Space flight</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="10" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px;padding-right:1.0em;"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mercury_Capsule2.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Mercury program capsule"><img alt="Mercury program capsule" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Mercury_Capsule2.png/70px-Mercury_Capsule2.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Mercury_Capsule2.png/105px-Mercury_Capsule2.png 1.5x, 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7</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_7" title="Mercury-Atlas 7"><i>Aurora 7</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_8" title="Mercury-Atlas 8"><i>Sigma 7</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_9" title="Mercury-Atlas 9"><i>Faith 7</i></a></li> <li>Cancelled: <a href="/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_10" title="Mercury-Atlas 10"><i>Freedom 7 II</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Uncrewed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Little_Joe_1" title="Little Joe 1">Little Joe 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Joe_1" title="Big Joe 1">Big Joe 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Joe_6" title="Little Joe 6">LJ-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Joe_1A" title="Little Joe 1A">LJ-1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Joe_2" title="Little Joe 2">LJ-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Joe_1B" title="Little Joe 1B">LJ-1B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_Abort" title="Beach Abort">Beach Abort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_1" title="Mercury-Atlas 1">MA-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Joe_5" title="Little Joe 5">Little Joe 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Redstone_1" title="Mercury-Redstone 1">MR-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Redstone_1A" title="Mercury-Redstone 1A">MR-1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Redstone_2" title="Mercury-Redstone 2">MR-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_2" title="Mercury-Atlas 2">MA-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Joe_5A" title="Little Joe 5A">LJ-5A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Redstone_BD" title="Mercury-Redstone BD">MR-BD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_3" title="Mercury-Atlas 3">MA-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Joe_5B" title="Little Joe 5B">LJ-5B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_4" title="Mercury-Atlas 4">MA-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Scout_1" title="Mercury-Scout 1">MS-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_5" title="Mercury-Atlas 5">MA-5</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Animals_in_space" title="Animals in space">Flown non-human</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Little_Joe_2" title="Little Joe 2">Sam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Joe_1B" title="Little Joe 1B">Miss Sam</a></li> <li>Suborbit: <a href="/wiki/Ham_(chimpanzee)" title="Ham (chimpanzee)">Ham</a></li> <li>Earth orbit: <a href="/wiki/Enos_(chimpanzee)" title="Enos (chimpanzee)">Enos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Astronauts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table 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Schirra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Cooper" title="Gordon Cooper">Gordon Cooper</a></li> <li>Did not fly: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Deke Slayton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Mark_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Mark IV">Navy Mark IV</a> (space suit)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Subprograms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Atlas" title="Mercury-Atlas">Mercury-Atlas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Redstone_Launch_Vehicle" title="Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle">Mercury-Redstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Scout_1" title="Mercury-Scout 1">Mercury-Scout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Jupiter" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercury-Jupiter">Mercury-Jupiter</a> (canceled)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contractors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell Aircraft">McDonnell Aircraft Corporation</a> (spacecraft)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair" title="Convair">Convair</a> (Atlas rocket)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrysler" title="Chrysler">Chrysler</a> (Redstone rocket)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Aviation" title="North American Aviation">North American Aviation</a> (Little Joe rocket)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rockets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_LV-3B" title="Atlas LV-3B">Atlas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Redstone_Launch_Vehicle" title="Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle">Redstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RM-90_Blue_Scout_II" title="RM-90 Blue Scout II">Blue Scout II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Joe_(rocket)" title="Little Joe (rocket)">Little Joe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-19_Jupiter" title="PGM-19 Jupiter">Jupiter</a> (proposed)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Launch sites<br />and Control Center</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wallops_Island" title="Wallops Island">Wallops Island</a> / <a href="/wiki/Wallops_Flight_Facility" title="Wallops Flight Facility">Wallops Flight Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Launch_Complex_5" title="Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5">Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Launch_Complex_14" title="Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14">Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury_Control_Center" title="Mercury Control Center">Mercury Control Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related programs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">US</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Project_Gemini" title="Project Gemini">Gemini</a> (successor program)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_program" title="Apollo program">Apollo</a> (lunar program)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Soviet</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vostok_programme" title="Vostok programme">Vostok</a> (rival in space race)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manned_Space_Flight_Network" title="Manned Space Flight Network">Manned Space Flight Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury_spacesuit" title="Mercury spacesuit">Mercury spacesuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astronaut_Wives_Club" title="Astronaut Wives Club">Astronaut Wives Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury_13" 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Culbertson Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Cunningham" title="Walter Cunningham">Walter Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Duffy_(astronaut)" title="Brian Duffy (astronaut)">Brian Duffy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Duke" title="Charles Duke">Charles Duke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonnie_J._Dunbar" title="Bonnie J. Dunbar">Bonnie J. Dunbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donn_F._Eisele" title="Donn F. Eisele">Donn F. Eisele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Engle" title="Joe Engle">Joe Engle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Evans_(astronaut)" title="Ronald Evans (astronaut)">Ronald Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Ferguson" title="Christopher Ferguson">Christopher Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Foale" title="Michael Foale">Michael Foale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Gordon_Fullerton" title="C. Gordon Fullerton">C. 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