Donald H. Peterson

Donald Herod Peterson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Peterson was originally selected for the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) 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.

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Who was born first?

• Donald H. Peterson and Bill Anders were born the same year
• Donald H. Peterson and Ronald Evans were born the same year
• Donald H. Peterson and Fred Haise were born the same year
• Donald H. Peterson and Valentina Ponomaryova were born the same year
• Donald H. Peterson and Viktor Patsayev were born the same year

Timeline

1. Bill AndersOctober 17, 1933 – June 7, 2024
2. Donald H. Peterson (this page)October 22, 1933 – May 27, 2018
3. Fred HaiseNovember 14, 1933 – present
4. Ronald EvansNovember 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990
5. Valentina PonomaryovaSeptember 18, 1933 – November 8, 2023
6. Viktor PatsayevJune 19, 1933 – June 30, 1971

Related

• Neil ArmstrongAugust 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012
• Yuri GagarinMarch 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968
• Valentina TereshkovaMarch 6, 1937 – present
• Buzz AldrinJanuary 20, 1930 – present
• Michael CollinsOctober 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021
• John GlennJuly 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016
• William ShatnerMarch 22, 1931 – present
• Kalpana ChawlaMarch 17, 1962 – 2003