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Deke Slayton

1924 - 1993

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Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was an American Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts. He went on to become NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office and Director of Flight Crew Operations, responsible for NASA crew assignments. Slayton joined the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, and flew in Europe and the Pacific. He left the Army after World War II, went on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from University of Minnesota in 1949, and later joined the Minnesota Air National Guard after working for Boeing as an aeronautical engineer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Deke Slayton is the 112th most popular astronaut (down from 100th in 2019), the 4,425th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,938th in 2019) and the 58th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Deke Slayton ranks 112 out of 556. Before him are Leonid Kizim, Viktor Afanasyev, Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, Gennady Padalka, Aleksandr Viktorenko, and Gregory Jarvis. After him are Steve MacLean, Wubbo Ockels, Phạm Tuân, Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Pyotr Klimuk, and Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Deke Slayton ranks 207. Before him are Mutesa II of Buganda, Eduardo Fajardo, Wiel Coerver, Anne Vernon, Adelaida Avagyan, and M. Karunanidhi. After him are Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Claribel Alegría, Robert Webber, Marcel Broodthaers, Nina Bocharova, and Leon Uris. Among people deceased in 1993, Deke Slayton ranks 119. Before him are Stanley Myers, Henry Hazlitt, Yuri Bezmenov, Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Buddhadasa, and Freya Stark. After him are Pierre Victor Auger, Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Jan Gies, Cyril Cusack, GG Allin, and Oliver Tambo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Deke Slayton ranks 4,425 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Pass (1929), Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), Jennifer Morrison (1979), Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893), Richard Carpenter (1946), and Charles Dillon Perrine (1867). After him are Gary Peters (1958), William Zabka (1965), Daron Malakian (1975), Harry Harlow (1905), Robert Mulligan (1925), and Arnold Gesell (1880).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Deke Slayton ranks 58. Before him are Stuart Roosa (1933), Scott Carpenter (1925), Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951), Donn F. Eisele (1930), Douglas G. Hurley (1966), and Gregory Jarvis (1944). After him are Susan Kilrain (1961), Nancy J. Currie-Gregg (1958), Mary Ellen Weber (1962), James McDivitt (1929), Alfred Worden (1932), and Peggy Whitson (1960).

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