Donald H. Peterson
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 7 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 22,1933 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Winona |
| Mississippi | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | May 27,2018 |
| Died | El Lago |
| Texas | |
| United States | |
| Space missions | STS-6 |
| Time in space | 5 days 0 hours |
| First space flight | STS-6 |
| Job | Astronaut |
| Engineer | |
| Fighter pilot | |
| Test pilot | |
| Education | Air Force Institute of Technology |
| United States Military Academy | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 527086 |
Donald H. Peterson Life story
Donald Herod Peterson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Peterson was originally selected for the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory program, but, when that was canceled, he became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. He was a mission specialist on STS-6 on board Challenger.
