Donn Fulton Eisele (June 23, 1930 – December 2, 1987) was a United States Air Force test pilot and later a NASA astronaut. He occupied the command module pilot seat during the flight of Apollo 7 in 1968. After retiring from both NASA and the Air Force, he became the United States Peace Corps country director for Thailand, before moving into private business.
Born in Columbus, Ohio, Eisele graduated from West High School in 1948. He received a Bac...
more
Donn Fulton Eisele (June 23, 1930 – December 2, 1987) was a United States Air Force test pilot and later a NASA astronaut. He occupied the command module pilot seat during the flight of Apollo 7 in 1968. After retiring from both NASA and the Air Force, he became the United States Peace Corps country director for Thailand, before moving into private business.
Born in Columbus, Ohio, Eisele graduated from West High School in 1948. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1952 and a Master of Science degree in Astronautics in 1960 from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Eisele was a member of Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Society, and a Freemason, belonging to Turner Lodge #732 in Columbus, Ohio.
Eisele was an Eagle Scout. Among the honors he received during his career were the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, the Air Force Senior Pilot Astronaut Wings, and the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross. He was a co...
less
