From Mercury To the Shuttle
by
Donald K. Slayton, Michael Cassutt
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1995
Deke Slayton was one of the first seven Mercury astronauts--and he might have been the first American in space. Instead, he became the first chief of American Astronaut Corps. It was Deke Slayton who selected the crews who flew the Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab missions. It was Deke Slayton who made...