Famous People with Name Slayton

Donald Kent “Deke” Slayton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald Kent “Deke” Slayton: was one of the original "Mercury Seven" NASA astronauts. Initially grounded by a heart condition, he would serve as NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations. Deke Slayton was responsible for all crew assignments at NASA from November 1963 until March 1972, when he was granted medical clearance to fly as docking module pilot of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. At the time of the flight, he became the oldest person to fly into space.

Donald Kent “Deke” Slayton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald Kent “Deke” Slayton: was one of the original "Mercury Seven" NASA astronauts.[1] Initially grounded by a heart condition, he would serve as NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations. Deke Slayton was responsible for all crew assignments at NASA from November 1963 until March

John W. Slayton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John W. Slayton: was an American socialist lecturer and politician. He is best remembered as one of the Socialist Party of America's leading propagandists in the Eastern United States during the decade of the 1910s. Slayton was a carpenter by trade and a member of the Uni