Donald Slayton Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Donald Slayton, based on 2 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

2 records1959–19622 events1 places

Chronological biography

1959

Project Mercury Astronaut Selection9 April 1959

Science / Astronomy · Washington, D.C.

NASA names Slayton among the seven original astronauts selected for Project Mercury.

1962

Project Mercury1962

Science / Astronomy

Slayton remains a member of the Mercury Seven but does not make a Mercury flight after being removed from flight status for medical reasons.

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.