Omega celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Speedmaster receiving NASA Flight Qualified status ✓ See special watches from ...

Where are the Blue Angels headed next? Wisconsin. On June 15-16, the Blue Angels will headline the Deke Slayton Airfest in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Gates for the two-day air show open at 9 a.m., and ...

Ragan. For the last two Mercury missions, the astronauts had worn their own watches. Deke Slayton, then chief of the astronaut office, knew they would need timepieces certified to be able to ...

However, Deke Slayton was dropped due to a heart problem, although he continued to contribute to the space program until 1975, when he finally flew on the Apollo-Soyuz mission. The Mercury capsule ...

Teasel Muir-Harmony During survival training in Reno, Nevada, astronauts (from left) Frank Borman, Neil Armstrong, John Young, and Deke Slayton fashioned protective clothing out of material—such ...