| Deke Slayton  AKA Donald Kent Slayton
Born: 1-Mar-1924
Birthplace: Sparta, WI
Died: 13-Jun-1993
Location of death: League City, TX
Cause of death: Cancer - Brain
Remains: Cremated (ashes scattered at family farm in Wisconsin)
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Astronaut Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Original Mercury 7 astronaut Military service: US Army Air Corps (1942-46, WWII); Minnesota Air National Guard (1951-) Chosen as one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, an irregular heartbeat grounded him and he was replaced by Scott Carpenter. Later the condition remissed and he served on the Apollo-Soyuz linkup, July 15-24, 1975. Father: Charles Sherman Slayton
Mother: Victoria Adelia Larson
Sister: Marie Madsen
Sister: Beverly Schlenz
Brother: Dick
Brother: Elwood
Wife: Marjorie Lunney (m. 15-May-1955, div. 1983, d.)
Son: Kent Sherman Slayton (b. 8-Apr-1957)
Wife: Bobbie Osborn (m. 8-Oct-1983)
High School: Sparta High School, Sparta, WI (1942)
University: BS Aeronautical Engineering, University of Minnesota (1949)
Boeing Engineer (1949-51)
American Astronautical Society Fellow
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Association of Space Explorers
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Experimental Aircraft Association
International Formula Air Racing
National Air Racing Group
National Rifle Association
Order of Daedalians
Society of Experimental Test Pilots
Space Pioneers
U.S. Air Racing Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars
National Aviation Hall of Fame 1996
Traveled to the USSR Sep-1975
Risk Factors: Smoking, Hernia
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Apollo 11 (24-Jan-2019) · Himself
Author of books:
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon (1994, with Alan Shepard)
Deke! U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury to the Shuttle (1994, with Michael Cassuet)
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