(1924-1993)
My Collection: This is a space card that Slayton has signed twice, once in a black pen which didn't show up well and again in a silver pen.
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| Donald K. "Deke" Slayton (1924-1993) |
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| Deke Slayton was selected as an astronaut in NASA's first class and is therefore a member of the original "Mercury 7" (1959). Due to a minor heart problem, Slayton was removed from the active flight rotation during the Mercury program and as a result never flew a Mercury mission. His only mission didn't come until 1975 when he served as the Docking Module Pilot onboard the American half of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Slayton retired from the astronaut corps in 1982 having spent 9 days in space. On June 13, 1993, Deke Slayton died of complications from a brain tumor. My Collection: This is a space card that Slayton has signed twice, once in a black pen which didn't show up well and again in a silver pen. |
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