Known for movies
The Other Side of the Moon (1990)
as Himself
Moon Shot (1994)
as Writer
Spaceflight (1985)
as Himself
Apollo Soyuz (1975)
as Himself
Short Info
| Died | June 13, 1993, League City, Texas, United States |
| Spouse | Bobbie Belle Jones |
| Fact | Flew on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) sometimes known as Apollo 18 as the Docking Module Pilot with mission commander Thomas P. Stafford and command module pilot Vance Brand. The Soviet cosmonauts were 'Alexei Leonov' (First man to walk in space) and Valery Kubasov. The flight lasted 9 days (July 15-24, 1975), was the last use of the Apollo era hardware and the last American manned spaceflight until the launch of the first reusable space shuttle in 1981. |
Deke Slayton was born in Sparta, Wisconsin, on March 1, 1924. He was the eldest of five children born to parents Charles and Ruth Slayton. His father was a farmer and his mother was a homemaker. He attended local schools and graduated from Sparta High School in 1942.
He enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but his studies were interrupted by World War II. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and served as a bomber pilot in Europe. He flew a total of 30 combat missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
After the war, he returned to the University of Wisconsin and graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering in 1949. He then began a career as a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force. In 1950, he married Mary Knox. The couple had four children.
In 1959, he was selected as one of the original seven astronauts for the NASA space program. He made his first space flight in 1971 on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, which was the first joint U.S.-Soviet space mission. He retired from NASA in 1977 and from the Air Force in 1979.
In 1982, he founded the Slayton Aerospace Company, which provided consulting services to the aerospace industry. He also wrote an autobiography, entitled Deke!, which was published in 1988.
He died of cancer on June 13, 1993, at the age of 69.
General Info
| Full Name | Deke Slayton |
| Died | June 13, 1993, League City, Texas, United States |
| Profession | Astronaut, Fighter pilot |
| Education | University of Minnesota, Sparta High School |
| Nationality | American |
Family
| Spouse | Bobbie Belle Jones |
| Children | Kent S. Slayton |
| Parents | Charles Sherman Slayton, Victoria Adelia Slayton |
| Siblings | Dick Slayton, Beverly Schlenz, Elwood Slayton, Marie Madsen |
Social profile links
Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Was a member of NASA's Mercury 7 project, introduced in April 9, 1959, only six months after the agency was established (together with Wally Schirra, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, Gordon Cooper). |
| 2 | Flew the Apollo Soyuz Test Project with Vance Brand and Thomas P. Stafford in 1975 on the last Apollo mission linking up with a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft. |
| 3 | Flew on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) sometimes known as Apollo 18 as the Docking Module Pilot with mission commander Thomas P. Stafford and command module pilot Vance Brand. The Soviet cosmonauts were 'Alexei Leonov' (First man to walk in space) and Valery Kubasov. The flight lasted 9 days (July 15-24, 1975), was the last use of the Apollo era hardware and the last American manned spaceflight until the launch of the first reusable space shuttle in 1981. |
| 4 | Became the oldest rookie astronaut at the age of 51 when he was selected to the Apollo/Soyuz mission. |
| 5 | Was a member of NASA's Mercury 7 project, introduced in April 9, 1959, only six months after the agency was established (together with Wally Schirra, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, Gordon Cooper). |
Movies
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moon Shot | 1994 | TV Movie documentary book |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Other Side of the Moon | 1990 | Documentary | Himself |
| America Undercover | 1985 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Astronaut |
| Spaceflight | 1985 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1976 | TV Series | Himself - Astronaut |
| Apollo Soyuz | 1975 | Documentary short | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions | 2008 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself / Himself - Mercury and Skylab Astronaut |
| Mars Rising | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The First Miracle: 1960 US Olympic Hockey Team | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| First on the Moon: The Untold Story | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 | 1996 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Apollo 13: For the Record | 1995 | Documentary | Himself - Director of Flight Crew Operations (as Donald K. Slayton) |
| Houston, We've Got a Problem | 1994 | Documentary short | Himself - Director of Flight Crew Operations (as Donald K. Slayton) |
| Moon Shot | 1994 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Astronaut |
| Memories of 1970-1991 | 1991 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| For All Mankind | 1989 | Documentary | Himself |
| Good Old Days Part II | 1978 | TV Special | Himself |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
