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Deke Slayton dies after pioneering space career in NASA
Donald K. Slayton, one of the Mercury Seven and Apollo Soyuz pilot, died at 69 in League City Texas of brain cancer. He waited 16 years for his chance, led NASA astronaut operations, and later helped develop the space shuttle program and Space Services Inc. He was born in Sparta Wisconsin on March 1 1924 and flew 56 European and seven Pacific missions in World War II.
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League City, Texas
Donald K
Deke” Slayton
Slayton
U.S
Scott Carpenter
Vaul, Colo
NASA
Tom Wolfe
John Glenn
Carpenter
Astronaut Corps
Space Services Inc
Houston
EER Systems Inc
Sparta
Wis
Air Force
Europe
Japan
University of Minnesota
Boeing Aircraft Co
Seattle
Minnesota Air National Guard
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Donald “Deke