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Donald H. Peterson

Donald H. Peterson

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.

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Страна
🇺🇸 United States
Статус
Скончался
Годы жизни
1933–2018

Космические полёты

  • 4 апр. 1983 г. STS-6

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