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Donald H. Peterson

Donald H. Peterson

Donald H. Peterson is an astronaut from United States of America affiliated with the government agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration, embarked on 1 space flights and engaging in 1 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.

Donald Herod Peterson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Peterson was originally selected for the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program, but, when that was canceled, he became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. He was a mission specialist on STS-6 on board Challenger. During the mission Peterson performed a spacewalk to test the new airlock and space suits. He logged 120 hours in space. Peterson retired from NASA in 1984.

  • Date of Birth: 10/22/1933
  • Date of Death: 05/27/2018
  • Status: Deceased
  • First Flight: 04/04/1983
  • Last Flight: 04/04/1983
  • In Space: No

Launches

Spacewalk

STS-6 EVA

The spacewalk began at 04/07/1983 21:05 UTC and ended at 04/08/1983 01:15 UTC on the Low Earth Orbit for a total of 4 hours and 10 minutes.

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