Donn F. Eisele
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| NASA astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Born |
June 23, 1930 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | December 2, 1987 (aged 57) Tokyo, Japan |
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Resting place
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Arlington National Cemetery |
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Other names
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Donn Fulton Eisele |
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Other occupation
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Test pilot |
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USNA, B.S. 1952 AFIT, M.S. 1960 |
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| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
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Time in space
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10d 20h 08m |
| Selection | 1963 NASA Group 3 |
| Missions | Apollo 7 |
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Mission insignia
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| Retirement | June 1, 1970 |
| Awards |
 Distinguished Flying CrossNASA Exceptional Service Medal AIAA Haley Astronautics Award National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Special Trustees Award  NASA Distinguished Service Medal (posthumously) |
Donn Fulton Eisele (June 23, 1930 – December 2, 1987), (Col, USAF), was a United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and later a NASA astronaut. He occupied the Command Module Pilot seat during the flight of Apollo 7 in 1968. After retiring from both NASA and the Air Force, he became the Peace Corps country director for Thailand, before moving into private business.
Eisele was born June 23, 1930 in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from West High School in 1948. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1952, and chose a commission in the United States Air Force (the U.S. Air Force Academy graduated its first class in 1959). Eisele received a Master of Science degree in Astronautics from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, in 1960.
Following his graduation from Annapolis, and joining Air Force, Eisele went to flight training at Goodfellow AFB, Texas, Williams AFB, Arizona, and Tyndall AFB, Florida. After receiving his wings in 1954, Eisele served at Wheelus Air Base, Libya, from 1954 to 1956. He attended and graduated from the Aerospace Research Pilot School (Class 62A) at Edwards Air Force Base, California in 1961. Eisele was a project engineer and experimental test pilot at the Air Force Special Weapons Center at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. He flew experimental test flights in support of special weapons development programs.
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