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. During the mission Peterson performed a spacewalk to test the new airlock and space suits. He logged 120 hours in space. Peterson retired from NASA in 1984.

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Donald Herod Peterson
military officer, engineer, astronaut,

STS-6 ⓘ
human spaceflight

United States,

Frameless

MOL Astronaut Group 3

James A. Abrahamson, Robert T. Herres, Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., and Donald H. Peterson

Lunar Roving Vehicle Test Unit with Astronauts - GPN-2000-000049

Donald Peterson-NASA-file-photo

SPACESUIT DONNING AND DOFFING - ZERO-G TRAINING - DON PETERSON - STS-6

Sts-6-crew

CREW TRAINING (EGRESS) - STS-6 - JSC

Type	Subtype	Description	Notes	Source

class	orbit	STS-6	Donald H. Peterson, Karol J. Bobko, Paul J. Weitz, Story Musgrave, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
commons	image	MOL Astronaut Group 3		Commons
commons	image	James A. Abrahamson, Robert T. Herres, Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., and Donald H. Peterson		Commons
commons	image	James A. Abrahamson, Robert T. Herres, Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., and Donald H. Peterson		Commons
commons	image	Lunar Roving Vehicle Test Unit with Astronauts - GPN-2000-000049		Commons
commons	image	Lunar Roving Vehicle Test Unit with Astronauts - GPN-2000-000049		Commons
commons	image	Donald Peterson-NASA-file-photo		Commons
commons	image	Donald Peterson-NASA-file-photo		Commons
commons	image	SPACESUIT DONNING AND DOFFING - ZERO-G TRAINING - DON PETERSON - STS-6		Commons
commons	image	Sts-6-crew		Commons
commons	image	CREW TRAINING (EGRESS) - STS-6 - JSC		Commons

Donald H. Peterson

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