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President John F. Kennedy, September 12, 1962

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John F. Kennedy
Sept. 12, 1962

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Donn Fulton Eisele
Astronaut

Date of Birth: June 23, 1930
Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio
Died: December 2, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan
Cause of Death: Natural causes (heart attack)
Joined NASA: October 17, 1963
Left NASA: June 1, 1972
Space Flights: 1
Time in Space: 10 days, 20 hours, 8 minutes
Number of EVA's 0

MISSION ASSIGNMENTS

Apollo 7
October 11-22, 1968
Assignment: Command Module Pilot
Flight Duration: 10 days, 20 hours, 8 minutes

Apollo 10
Assignment: Back-up Command Module Pilot


HIGHLIGHTS

  • B.Sc., US Naval Academy, 1952
    M.Sc., Astronautics, USAF Institute of Technology, 1962
  • Graduate, USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California.
  • Project Engineer and Experimental Test Pilot at the USAF Special Weapons Center at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.
  • October 11-22, 1968, CMP Apollo 7, the first test of the Apollo Command and Service Modules in earth orbit.
  • 1972, left NASA and retired from the USAF to become Director of the Peace Corps in Thailand.
  • Returned to work with Dresser Industries and the investment form of Oppenheimer & Company.
  • Was with Prudential-Bache Securities of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida when he died of a heart attack while on a business trip to Japan.