Slayton made his first space flight in 1975 as the Apollo docking module pilot of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission. Donald "Deke" Slayton was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts ...
He has made more than 300 landings on aircraft carriers. Most significantly, he served as the Navy's chief test pilot on the Joint Strike Fighter program, conducting test flights of Boeing's ...