Donald Kent Slayton

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Minnesota
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Deke_Slayton
gptkbp:astronautStatus retired
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Distinguished_Flying_Cross
gptkb:Legion_of_Merit
gptkb:NASA_Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:NASA_Exceptional_Service_Medal
gptkb:Congressional_Space_Medal_of_Honor
Collier Trophy
gptkbp:birthDate 1924-03-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Sparta,_Wisconsin,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath brain tumor
gptkbp:child gptkb:Kent_Slayton
gptkbp:deathDate 1993-06-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:League_City,_Texas,_United_States
gptkbp:employer gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:White_American
gptkbp:firstSpaceFlight gptkb:Apollo–Soyuz_Test_Project
gptkbp:flightHours over 7,000
gptkbp:gender male
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Donald Kent Slayton
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:militaryRank Brigadier General
gptkbp:NASAGroup gptkb:Mercury_Seven
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableFor one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project crew member
first Chief of the Astronaut Office
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:pilot
astronomer
gptkbp:pilotType gptkb:pilot
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Houston,_Texas,_United_States
gptkbp:restingPlace Ashes scattered over the mountains of Colorado
gptkbp:retired 1982
gptkbp:selectedAsAstronaut 1959
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:signature Donald_K._Slayton_signature.svg
gptkbp:spaceMission gptkb:Apollo–Soyuz_Test_Project
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gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marlene_Slayton
gptkb:Harriet_Slayton
gptkbp:totalTimeInSpace 217
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Deke!_U.S._Manned_Space:_From_Mercury_to_the_Shuttle
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Donald_Slayton
gptkb:Deke_Slayton
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