NASA Astronaut Deke Slayton WW11 B25 Pilot signed Apollo Soyuz Cover 1975 KSC pm. 15 Jul 1975 Kennedy Space Centre ...

NASA Astronaut Deke Slayton WW11 B25 Pilot signed Apollo Soyuz Cover 1975 KSC pm. 15 Jul 1975 Kennedy Space Centre Special Postmark. Apollo Soyuz Cover. Personally Signed by Deke Slayton. He entered the United States Air Force as a cadet in 1942, training as a B- 25 bomber Pilot. He flew 56 combat missions with the 340th Bombardment Group over Europe during World War 11 and later flew seven combat missions over Japan in a Douglas A - 26 invader as part of the 319 th Bombardment Group. He left the Army after World War II, went on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from University of Minnesota in 1949, and later joined the Minnesota Air National Guard after working for Boeing as an aeronautical engineer. He joined the United States Air Force, and attended the U. S. Air Force Test Pilot School in 1955. In 1959, he applied to, and was selected as one of the Mercury Seven, NASA's first class of astronauts. Slayton was scheduled to pilot the second U. S. crewed orbital spaceflight, but was grounded in 1962 by atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm. In March 1972, he was medically cleared to fly and was the docking module pilot of the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). Slayton continued to work at NASA until 1982. He also helped develop the Space Shuttle. Slayton died from brain cancer on June 13, 1993, aged 69. Details and Certificate of Authenticity enclosed. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99