… : The Apollo Program: How NASA sent astronauts to the moon "Walt … , 1975. From left: Valery Kubasov, Deke Slayton, Vance Brand, Alexei Leonov, Tom … visit by NASA astronauts Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand and Deke Slayton and Russian cosmonauts …

… embodies the qualities of an Astronaut Scholar: intellectual curiosity, innovative thinking … founding members, the Mercury 7 Astronauts — Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John … , Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. Each founding member sponsored a …

… world event hosted by the Deke Slayton Memorial and Bicycle Museum. … event hosted by the Deke Slayton Memorial and Bicycle Museum. … presentations by Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise and mission … either in-person at the Deke Slayton Memorial Space & Bicycle …

… 2024, in this hiring round. NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless free-floating in … Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Donald K. “Deke” Slayton, John H. Glenn, M. Scott … more. Astronaut candidate training  JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata (right) and NASA astronaut Rick …

… ago this week, NASA introduced its first astronauts, saying they… group produced 32 potential astronauts who were put through … rounded off by Wally Schirra; Deke Slayton – described as "shy … and became NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office, …

… “New Nine” astronaut group and accepted the assignment with NASA. That group … , was onboard to greet the astronauts. NASA photo Three years later, in … craft to dock. Along with astronauts Deke Slayton and Vance Brand, Stafford docked …

… astronauts, Lt. Col. Aleksei A. Leonov and Valery N. Kubasov. Deke Slayton … of the first group of NASA astronauts but he was an … Business School in 1962 when NASA came calling again, offering … docking expert as NASA prepared to send astronauts to the moon …

… among 26 potential astronauts recommended to Nasa by the … for consideration?” Deke Slayton, the director of Nasa’s astronaut office, replied … hopes of becoming an astronaut were effectively extinguished … a military officer and Nasa astronaut – he will pilot …

… piece for its collection. The Deke Slayton Memorial Space & Bicycle Museum … money to buy the jacket Slayton wore when he took part … raised more than $2,300.  Slayton is a Sparta native who … the country's first astronauts for NASA. He went to space …

… Borman was the oldest living astronaut, a distinction that now … (NASA) had completed its ‘Mercury’ programme of putting astronauts into … so-called “New Nine” astronauts in ‘Gemini’ that included, … of Flight Crew Operations Deke Slayton to pick the Apollo …