Deke Slayton

Social : None | Joined group April 1943 (U.S. Air Force) | Work : None | New Job April 1959 (Chosen to fly in space) | Health : None | Medical diagnosis August 1959 (Heart condition discovered) | Work : None | New Job September 1962 (Made coordinator of Astronaut Activities) | Work : None | Retired November 1963 (From Air Force) | Work : None | Gain social status March 1972 (Returned to full flight status) | Work : None | Great Achievement 15 July 1975 (Flew historic space mission) | : None | Death by Disease 13 June 1993 (Brain cancer, age 69) | Diagnoses : Major Diseases | Cancer (Brain) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Brain (Cancer) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Heart (Condition) | Family : Childhood | Family large (Seven kids) | Family : Relationship | Number of Marriages (Two) | Family : Parenting | Kids 1-3 (One son) | Vocation : Military | Military career | Vocation : Travel | Astronaut (Flew Apollo 18 mission) | Vocation : Travel | Pilot/ military (Fighter and test) | Notable : Famous | Historic figure (One of the original seven astronauts)