Donald H. Peterson
| Donald H. Peterson | |
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| USAF / NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
| Born |
October 22, 1933 Winona, Mississippi, U.S. |
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Other names
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Donald Herod Peterson |
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Other occupation
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Fighter pilot, test pilot, engineer |
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USMA, B.S. 1955 AFIT, M.S. 1962 |
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| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
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Time in space
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5 days 23 minutes |
| Selection |
1967 USAF MOL Group 3 1969 NASA Group 7 |
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Total EVAs
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1 |
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Total EVA time
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4 hours 17 minutes |
| Missions | STS-6 |
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Mission insignia
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| Retirement | November 1984 |
Donald Herod Peterson (born October 22, 1933) is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former USAF and NASA astronaut.
He was born in Winona, Mississippi, on October 22, 1933. Peterson is married, and has three children and four grandchildren. Peterson graduated from Winona High School, Winona, Mississippi, in 1951; received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1955, and a Master of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in 1962.
Peterson graduated from West Point in 1955. His assignments included four years as a flight instructor and military training officer with the Air Training Command, three years as a nuclear systems analyst with the Air Force Systems Command, and one year as a fighter pilot with Tactical Air Command, including three months of combat weapons training.
He is a graduate of the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and was one of the third group of astronauts assigned to the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program.
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