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Donn Fulton Eisele
Astronaut
| Date of Birth: |
June 23, 1930 |
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| 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 |
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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
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B.Sc., US Naval Academy, 1952
M.Sc., Astronautics, USAF Institute of Technology, 1962
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Graduate, USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California.
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Project Engineer and Experimental Test Pilot at the USAF Special Weapons Center at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.
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October 11-22, 1968, CMP Apollo 7, the first test of the Apollo Command and Service Modules in earth orbit.
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1972, left NASA and retired from the USAF to become Director of the Peace Corps in Thailand.
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Returned to work with Dresser Industries and the investment form of Oppenheimer & Company.
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Was with Prudential-Bache Securities of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida when he died of a heart attack while on a business trip to Japan.
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