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May 27, 2018 (84 years old)
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Libra
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Celebrities born on October 22
Born in 1933
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Astronauts from Mississippi
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First name Donald
Donald Herod Peterson is a US Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Peterson was originally selected to join the Air Force's Manned Orbital Laboratory program, but when that program was canceled, he became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. He is a mission specialist on the STS-6 aboard the Challenger ship. During the mission, Peterson went on a space walk to test the new airlock and space suits. He's recorded 120 hours in space. Peterson quit his job at NASA in 1984
NationalityAmerican
BornDonald Herod Peterson, October 22, 1933, Winona, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedMay 27, 2018, El Lago, Texas, U.S.
Other occupationFighter pilot, test pilot, engineer
Alma materUSMA, B.S. 1955, AFIT, M.S. 1962
RankColonel, USAF
Time in space5 days 23 minutes
Selection1967 USAF MOL Group 3, 1969 NASA Group 7
Total EVAs1
Total EVA time4 hours 17 minutes
MissionsSTS-6
RetirementNovember 1984

About Donald H Peterson

Astronaut Donald H Peterson was born on October 22, 1933 in Mississippi, United States (He dies at the age of 84, on May 27, 2018).

He is most known for his involvement in the NASA-sponsored Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program in the 1960s, as well as his role as a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger's first flight in 1983.

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Donald H Peterson before becoming famous

Donald H Peterson was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1933 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He got a degree in nuclear engineering from Ohio's Wright-Patterson Air Force Institute of Technology after graduating from the United States Military Academy (West Point, New York) and entering the United States Air Force. Later, he received training at the Aerospace Research Pilot School in California.

Achievement of Donald H Peterson

He was a member of the Apollo 16 support crew that flew to the Moon in 1972.

Donald H Peterson's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born and raised in Winona, Mississippi. Together, he and his wife raised three children.

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On STS-6, NASA's first Space Shuttle Challenger flight, he and fellow astronaut Astronaut Karol Bobko were both crew members.

Karol Bobko (1937 - 2023) (Astronaut)
Karol Bobko (1937 - 2023)

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Donald H Peterson Income & Net worth

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