{"id":300372,"date":"2023-05-03T09:59:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T13:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=300372"},"modified":"2024-02-27T14:33:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T19:33:29","slug":"former-astronaut-donald-k-deke-slayton","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-donald-k-deke-slayton\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Astronaut Donald K. “Deke” Slayton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block flex-align-center padding-y-8 padding-bottom-4 desktop:padding-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-lg\">Donald K. “Deke” Slayton<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0\">Slayton was named as one of the Mercury astronauts in April 1959. Mr. Slayton made his first space flight as Apollo docking module pilot of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission\u2014a joint space flight culminating in the first historical meeting in space between American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts. Slayton retired from NASA in 1982.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-left-0 desktop:padding-left-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-intro-quick-facts border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-top-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"label margin-top-0 margin-bottom-2 color-carbon-50-important\">Quick Facts<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper hds-carousel-wrapper-relative\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">Slayton was named as one of the Mercury astronauts in April 1959.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/slayton_2_portrait_1960.jpg?w=464\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Slayton was named as one of the Mercury astronauts in April 1959.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/slayton_2_portrait_1960.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/slayton_2_portrait_1960.jpg?resize=232,300 232w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/slayton_2_portrait_1960.jpg?resize=310,400 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">He was originally scheduled to pilot the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission but was relieved of this assignment due to a heart condition discovered in August 1959.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1498\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=1498&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"He was originally scheduled to pilot the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission but was relieved of this assignment due to a heart condition discovered in August 1959.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=1498&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1498w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=234&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 234w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=768&h=984&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=799&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 799w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=1198&h=1535&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1198w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=312&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 312w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=468&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 468w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=702&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 702w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=936&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1498px) 100vw, 1498px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">Slayton made his first space flight as Apollo docking module pilot of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission, July 15-24, 1975.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/astp_crew_10_us_crew_s74-15241.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Slayton made his first space flight as Apollo docking module pilot of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission, July 15-24, 1975.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 45% 21%; object-position: 45% 21%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/astp_crew_10_us_crew_s74-15241.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/astp_crew_10_us_crew_s74-15241.jpg?resize=300,240 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/astp_crew_10_us_crew_s74-15241.jpg?resize=768,614 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/astp_crew_10_us_crew_s74-15241.jpg?resize=400,320 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/astp_crew_10_us_crew_s74-15241.jpg?resize=600,480 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/astp_crew_10_us_crew_s74-15241.jpg?resize=900,720 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>   \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1423\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=1423&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Portrait of Deke Slayton taken in 1959\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 49% 17%; object-position: 49% 17%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=1423&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1423w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=222&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 222w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=768&h=1036&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=759&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 759w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=1138&h=1535&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1138w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=296&h=399&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 296w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=445&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 445w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=667&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 667w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=889&h=1199&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 889w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1423px) 100vw, 1423px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA Project Mercury astronaut — Slayton was later known as Deke.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1535\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-15240\/S74-15240~large.jpg?w=1535&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 16%; object-position: 51% 16%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-15240\/S74-15240~large.jpg?w=1535&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1535w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-15240\/S74-15240~large.jpg?w=240&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 240w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-15240\/S74-15240~large.jpg?w=768&h=961&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-15240\/S74-15240~large.jpg?w=819&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 819w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-15240\/S74-15240~large.jpg?w=1228&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1228w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-15240\/S74-15240~large.jpg?w=320&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 320w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-15240\/S74-15240~large.jpg?w=480&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 480w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-15240\/S74-15240~large.jpg?w=720&h=901&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 720w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-15240\/S74-15240~large.jpg?w=959&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 959w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1535px) 100vw, 1535px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">S74-15240 (December 1973) — Astronaut Donald K. Slayton<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1498\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=1498&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 23%; object-position: 52% 23%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=1498&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1498w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=234&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 234w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=768&h=984&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=799&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 799w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=1198&h=1535&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1198w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=312&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 312w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=468&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 468w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=702&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 702w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361\/LRC-1989-B701_P-00361~large.jpg?w=936&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1498px) 100vw, 1498px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">September 13, 1968: “FIRST ASTRONAUT TEAM: Project Mercury Astronauts, whose selection was announced on April 9, 1959, only six months after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formally established on Oct. 1, 1958, Included: Front row, left to right, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter; back row, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper. (1962), *89-361 Also in B&W. This copy of original negative was edited without shadows in the background. Photo taken at NASA Langley Research Center by Life Magazine photographer and negative copied for other centers.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-5-298\/ast-5-298~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1279&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 18%; object-position: 51% 18%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-5-298\/ast-5-298~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1279&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-5-298\/ast-5-298~large.jpg?w=300&h=200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-5-298\/ast-5-298~large.jpg?w=768&h=512&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-5-298\/ast-5-298~large.jpg?w=1024&h=682&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-5-298\/ast-5-298~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1023&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-5-298\/ast-5-298~large.jpg?w=400&h=266&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-5-298\/ast-5-298~large.jpg?w=600&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-5-298\/ast-5-298~large.jpg?w=900&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-5-298\/ast-5-298~large.jpg?w=1200&h=799&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">AST-05-298 (17-19 July 1975) — Astronaut Donald K. Slayton and cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov are seen together in the Soyuz Orbital Module during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking mission in Earth orbit. Slayton is the docking module pilot of the American crew. Leonov is the Soviet crew commander. This picture was taken with a 35mm camera.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1919\" height=\"1277\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-005-290\/ast-005-290~large.jpg?w=1919&h=1277&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 51% 12%; object-position: 51% 12%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-005-290\/ast-005-290~large.jpg?w=1919&h=1277&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1919w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-005-290\/ast-005-290~large.jpg?w=300&h=200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-005-290\/ast-005-290~large.jpg?w=768&h=511&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-005-290\/ast-005-290~large.jpg?w=1024&h=681&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-005-290\/ast-005-290~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1022&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-005-290\/ast-005-290~large.jpg?w=400&h=266&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-005-290\/ast-005-290~large.jpg?w=600&h=399&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-005-290\/ast-005-290~large.jpg?w=900&h=599&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-005-290\/ast-005-290~large.jpg?w=1200&h=799&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1919px) 100vw, 1919px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">AST-05-290 (17-19 July 1975) — Astronaut Donald K. Slayton, docking module pilot of the American ASTP crew, is seen in the hatchway leading between the Apollo Docking Module and the Soyuz Orbital Module during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking mission in Earth orbit. The 35mm camera was looking from the Soyuz into the Docking Module.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">Biography<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Donald K. (Deke) Slayton<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Slayton was named as one of the Mercury astronauts in April 1959. Mr. Slayton made his first space flight as Apollo docking module pilot of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission\u2014a joint space flight culminating in the first historical meeting in space between American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts. Slayton retired from NASA in 1982.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/slayton_donald.pdf?emrc=f1c825\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn More <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Donald K. (Deke) Slayton<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1308\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s65-28742\/s65-28742~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1308&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.6); transform-origin: 66% 31%; object-position: 66% 31%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s65-28742\/s65-28742~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1308&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s65-28742\/s65-28742~large.jpg?w=300&h=204&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s65-28742\/s65-28742~large.jpg?w=768&h=523&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s65-28742\/s65-28742~large.jpg?w=1024&h=698&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s65-28742\/s65-28742~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1046&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s65-28742\/s65-28742~large.jpg?w=400&h=273&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s65-28742\/s65-28742~large.jpg?w=600&h=409&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s65-28742\/s65-28742~large.jpg?w=900&h=613&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s65-28742\/s65-28742~large.jpg?w=1200&h=818&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">(21 Aug. 1965) — View of Mission Control Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida, moments after the Gemini-5 spacecraft was launched from Pad 19 on Aug. 21, 1965. Standing at right is astronaut Donald K. Slayton, assistant director for Flight Crew Operations, Manned Spacecraft Center. Seated (wearing dark shirt) is astronaut Russell L. Schweickart. Other NASA and McDonnell Aircraft Col. personnel also monitor the progress of the flight.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-cover-wrapper minh-tablet-lg hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-callout\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper padding-bottom-9 padding-top-9 display-flex\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-top-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-y-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"page-heading-md font-weight-extrabold line-height-heading-1 color-spacesuit-white-important\">Apollo-Soyuz Test Project<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg margin-top-2 padding-0 margin-bottom-4 color-spacesuit-white-important\">The first international partnership in space wasn\u2019t the International Space Station. It wasn\u2019t even the Shuttle-Mir series of missions. It was the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first international human spaceflight.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/apollo-soyuz-test-project\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary  link-external-true\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1 color-spacesuit-white-important\" >\n\t\t\t\tLearn More                                    <span class=\"usa-sr-only\"> about Apollo-Soyuz Test Project<\/span>\n                \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 z-400\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/apolloy-soyuz-test-project.jpg?w=1600\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Artist concept of Apollo Soyuz docking\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); 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transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-19495\/S74-19495~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1484&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-19495\/S74-19495~large.jpg?w=300&h=232&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-19495\/S74-19495~large.jpg?w=768&h=594&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-19495\/S74-19495~large.jpg?w=1024&h=791&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-19495\/S74-19495~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1187&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-19495\/S74-19495~large.jpg?w=400&h=309&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-19495\/S74-19495~large.jpg?w=600&h=464&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-19495\/S74-19495~large.jpg?w=900&h=696&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S74-19495\/S74-19495~large.jpg?w=1200&h=928&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-gallery-preview-item \">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full height-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1468\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/75pc-126\/75pc-126~large.jpg?w=1468&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/75pc-126\/75pc-126~large.jpg?w=1468&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1468w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/75pc-126\/75pc-126~large.jpg?w=229&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 229w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/75pc-126\/75pc-126~large.jpg?w=768&h=1004&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/75pc-126\/75pc-126~large.jpg?w=783&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 783w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/75pc-126\/75pc-126~large.jpg?w=1174&h=1535&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1174w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/75pc-126\/75pc-126~large.jpg?w=306&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 306w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/75pc-126\/75pc-126~large.jpg?w=459&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 459w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/75pc-126\/75pc-126~large.jpg?w=688&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 688w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/75pc-126\/75pc-126~large.jpg?w=918&h=1201&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1468px) 100vw, 1468px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-12 display-block desktop:display-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/gallery\/donald-kent-deke-slayton\/\" class=\"button-primary margin-top-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"section-heading-md\">Go To Gallery<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-meet-the bg-carbon-90 maxw-full width-full padding-y-5 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-meet-the\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-x-0 minh-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6 margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"label line-height-sm color-spacesuit-white\">The Mercury Seven<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6 display-flex flex-align-center flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/project-mercury\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-sm link-external-true\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1 color-spacesuit-white-important\" >\n\t\t\t\tSee All                \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-left-0 hds-meet-the-container padding-right-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-cards hds-meet-the-slider grid-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/m-scott-carpenter\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1348\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=1348&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portrait of M. Scott Carpenter.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.3); transform-origin: 52% 22%; object-position: 52% 22%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=1348&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1348w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=211&h=301&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 211w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=768&h=1094&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=719&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 719w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=1078&h=1535&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1078w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=281&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 281w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=421&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 421w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=632&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 632w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=843&h=1201&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 843w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1348px) 100vw, 1348px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/m-scott-carpenter\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">M. Scott Carpenter<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Atlas 7 astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-7-aurora-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury Atlas 7: Aurora 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aurora-7-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury Atlas 7: Aurora 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aurora-7-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aurora-7-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aurora-7-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aurora-7-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-l-gordon-cooper\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1354\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=1354&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portrait of L. Gordon Cooper, former astronaut\" style=\"transform: scale(1.4); transform-origin: 59% 19%; object-position: 59% 19%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=1354&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1354w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=212&h=301&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 212w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=768&h=1089&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=722&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 722w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=1083&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1083w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=282&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 282w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=423&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 423w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=635&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 635w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=846&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1354px) 100vw, 1354px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-l-gordon-cooper\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">L. Gordon Cooper<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Atlas 9 and Gemini V astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-9-faith-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 9: Faith 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-9-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 9: Faith 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-9-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-9-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-9-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-9-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/gemini-v\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to Gemini V\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Gemini V\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=900,900 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=1200,1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=2000,2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/60-years-ago-john-glenn-the-first-american-to-orbit-the-earth-aboard-friendship-7\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/736693main_JG_mercury_hires.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"John Glenn, Mercury Astronaut\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 44% 30%; object-position: 44% 30%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/736693main_JG_mercury_hires.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/736693main_JG_mercury_hires.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/736693main_JG_mercury_hires.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/736693main_JG_mercury_hires.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/60-years-ago-john-glenn-the-first-american-to-orbit-the-earth-aboard-friendship-7\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">John H. Glenn<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Atlas 6 and STS-95 astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-6-friendship-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 6: Friendship 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/friendship7-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 6: Friendship 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/friendship7-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/friendship7-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/friendship7-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/sts-95\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to STS-95\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1545\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=1545&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to STS-95\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=1545&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1545w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=241&h=299&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 241w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=768&h=954&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=824&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 824w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=1236&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1236w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=322&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 322w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=483&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 483w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=724&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 724w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=966&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 966w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-virgil-i-grissom\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1303\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=1303&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.3); transform-origin: 53% 31%; object-position: 53% 31%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=1303&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1303w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=204&h=301&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 204w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=768&h=1132&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=695&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 695w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=1042&h=1535&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1042w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=271&h=399&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 271w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=407&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 407w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=611&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 611w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=814&h=1199&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1303px) 100vw, 1303px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-virgil-i-grissom\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini III and Apollo 1 astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-redstone-4-liberty-bell-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury-Redstone 4: Liberty Bell 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury-Redstone 4: Liberty Bell 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/gemini-3\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to Gemini III\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Gemini III\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=300,298 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=768,762 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=1024,1017 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=1536,1525 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=400,397 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=600,596 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=900,893 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=1200,1191 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=2000,1985 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/the-apollo-program\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to The Apollo Missions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to The Apollo Missions\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=768,771 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=398,400 398w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=598,600 598w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=896,900 896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/walter-m-schirra\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1354\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=1354&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portrait of Walter M. Schirra\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 51% 26%; object-position: 51% 26%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=1354&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1354w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=212&h=301&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 212w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=768&h=1089&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=722&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 722w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=1083&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1083w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=282&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 282w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=423&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 423w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=635&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 635w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=846&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1354px) 100vw, 1354px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/walter-m-schirra\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">Walter M. Schirra<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini VI-A and Apollo 7 astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-8-sigma-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 8: Sigma 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 8: Sigma 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=768,765 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=1024,1020 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=1536,1530 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=400,398 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=600,598 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=900,896 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=1200,1195 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=2000,1992 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/gemini-vi\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to Gemini VI\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gemini_6_gta-6_patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Gemini VI\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gemini_6_gta-6_patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gemini_6_gta-6_patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gemini_6_gta-6_patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gemini_6_gta-6_patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/apollo-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to Apollo 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1524\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1524&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Apollo 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1524&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=300&h=238&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=768&h=610&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=1024&h=813&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1219&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=400&h=318&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=600&h=476&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=900&h=714&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=1200&h=953&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-alan-shepard\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1510\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=1510&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 57% 38%; object-position: 57% 38%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=1510&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1510w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=236&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 236w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=768&h=977&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=805&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 805w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=1208&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1208w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=315&h=401&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 315w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=472&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 472w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=708&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 708w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=944&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1510px) 100vw, 1510px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-alan-shepard\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">Alan B. Shepard, Jr.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Redstone 3 and Apollo 14 astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-redstone-3-freedom-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury-Redstone 3: Freedom 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"110\" height=\"108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/163074main_freedom7-logo-t.gif?w=110&h=108&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury-Redstone 3: Freedom 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/163074main_freedom7-logo-t.gif 110w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/163074main_freedom7-logo-t.gif?resize=50,50 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/apollo-14\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to Apollo 14\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apollo_14_crew_patch_s70-17851.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Apollo 14\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apollo_14_crew_patch_s70-17851.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apollo_14_crew_patch_s70-17851.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apollo_14_crew_patch_s70-17851.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apollo_14_crew_patch_s70-17851.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-donald-k-deke-slayton\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1423\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=1423&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 52% 28%; object-position: 52% 28%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=1423&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1423w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=222&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 222w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=768&h=1036&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=759&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 759w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=1138&h=1535&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1138w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=296&h=399&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 296w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=445&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 445w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=667&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 667w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=889&h=1199&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 889w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1423px) 100vw, 1423px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-donald-k-deke-slayton\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">Donald K. 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