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Donald H. Peterson

1933 - 2018

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Donald Herod Peterson (October 22, 1933 – May 27, 2018) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Peterson was originally selected for the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program, but, when that was canceled, he became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. He was a mission specialist on STS-6 on board Challenger. During the mission Peterson performed a spacewalk to test the new airlock and space suits. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Donald H. Peterson is the 222nd most popular astronaut (up from 269th in 2019), the 8,065th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,127th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Donald H. Peterson ranks 222 out of 556. Before him are Mamoru Mohri, Mario Runco Jr., John E. Blaha, Brent W. Jett Jr., Dale Gardner, and Tim Peake. After him are Bernard A. Harris Jr., Mary L. Cleave, Taylor Wang, Frank De Winne, Salizhan Sharipov, and Reinhard Furrer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Donald H. Peterson ranks 391. Before him are Robert Chartoff, Henry Darrow, Bill Nieder, Constance Towers, Franco Marini, and Nikola Radović. After him are Richard Williams, Imants Ziedonis, Georges Lamia, Milly Scott, Galina Volchek, and Irina Beglyakova. Among people deceased in 2018, Donald H. Peterson ranks 373. Before him are Gennadi Gagulia, Albin Vidović, David Douglas Duncan, D. J. Fontana, Kedarnath Singh, and Michel Bonnevie. After him are Roy Bentley, Ilie Balaci, Yoseph Imry, Milunka Lazarević, Elizabeth Hawley, and Irina Beglyakova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald H. Peterson ranks 8,067 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Miller (1943), Chuck Feeney (1931), Dick Van Patten (1928), Marni Nixon (1930), David Hungate (1948), and Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874). After him are Norman Foster (1903), Garret Dillahunt (1964), Amber Valletta (1974), Gray Davis (1942), Daniel Frank (1882), and Michael C. Burgess (1950).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Donald H. Peterson ranks 102. Before him are Loren Acton (1936), Clifton Williams (1932), Mario Runco Jr. (1952), John E. Blaha (1942), Brent W. Jett Jr. (1958), and Dale Gardner (1948). After him are Bernard A. Harris Jr. (1956), Mary L. Cleave (1947), John Casper (1943), William B. Lenoir (1939), Robert S. Kimbrough (1967), and Barbara Morgan (1951).

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