Donald H. Peterson
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Country: | United States |
Organization: | NASA |
selected on | June 30, 1967 ( 3rd MOL group ) August 14, 1969 (7th NASA group) |
Calls: | 1 space flight |
Begin: | April 4th 1983 |
Landing: | April 9, 1983 |
Time in space: | 5d 0h 23min |
EVA inserts: | 1 |
EVA total duration: | 4h 10min |
retired on | November 1984 |
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Donald Herod Peterson (born October 22, 1933 in Winona , State of Mississippi , USA ; † May 27, 2018 ) was an American astronaut .
Peterson received a bachelor's degree from West Point Military Academy in 1955 and a master's degree in nuclear engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1962 . After West Point, Peterson worked as a pilot instructor , nuclear weapons specialist and fighter pilot with the United States Air Force .
Astronaut activity
MOL
In 1967, Peterson was selected for the US Air Force's MOL program . He was intended to be the crew of the military space station until the program was discontinued in 1969.
In 1969, Peterson was accepted into the NASA astronaut team. He was a member of the support team for the Apollo 16 mission .
STS-6
On April 4, 1983, Peterson flew into space for the first and only time as a mission specialist on the maiden flight of the space shuttle Challenger . The cargo consisted of the TDRS-1 satellite and some experiments. On this mission, Peterson and Story Musgrave performed the first space exit from a space shuttle .
At the end of 1984, Peterson left NASA and has since worked as a consultant in the field of manned spaceflight.
Private
Peterson's marriage to his wife Bonnie had three children.
See also
Web links
- Short biography of Donald H. Peterson at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of Donald H. Peterson (English; PDF)
- Biography of Donald H. Peterson in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- Report of death at Collectspace, May 28, 2018
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SURNAME | Peterson, Donald H. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peterson, Donald Herod (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Winona (Mississippi) , Mississippi (State), USA |
DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 2018 |