What is Donald H. Peterson?
{{Infobox astronaut|honorific_suffix=|image=Donald Peterson-NASA-file-photo.jpg|birth_date=22 October 1933|birth_place=[[Winona, Mississippi]]|status=|retirement=1984|death_date=27 May 2018|occupation=[[NASA]] [[astronaut]], [[United States Air Force]] officer|current_occupation=}} '''Donald Herod Peterson''' (October 22, 1933 &ndash; May 27, 2018) was an American astronaut. He was born in [[Winona, Mississippi]]. == Career == Peterson was a [[United States Air Force]] officer and [[NASA]] [[astronaut]]. Peterson was selected for the [[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 ''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]''. During the mission Peterson performed a spacewalk to test the new airlock and [[space suit]]s. He logged 120 hours in space. Peterson retired from NASA in 1984. == Death == Peterson died on May 27, 2018 at his home in [[El Lago, Texas|El Lago]], [[Texas]] of [[Alzheimer's disease]] and [[bone cancer]] at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-052818a-astronaut-donald-peterson-obituary.html|title=Obituary: Astronaut Donald Peterson|publisher=Collect Space|access-date=May 28, 2018|date=May 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/donald-peterson-sr-who-spacewalked-from-the-shuttle-challenger-dies-at-84/2018/05/29/d1d8d148-634d-11e8-a69c-b944de66d9e7_story.html|title=Donald Peterson Sr, Who Spacewalked the Challenger, Dies at 84|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=May 29, 2018|access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Peterson, Donald H.}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease]] [[Category:Deaths from bone cancer]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Texas]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Texas]] [[Category:American astronauts]] [[Category:Mili