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Donald H. Peterson

1933 - 2018

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Donald Herod Peterson (October 22, 1933 – May 27, 2018) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Peterson was originally selected for the Air Force 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 Challenger. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald H. Peterson has received more than 133,409 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Donald H. Peterson is the 220th most popular astronaut (down from 183rd in 2019), the 8,672nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,980th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Donald H. Peterson ranks 220 out of 524. Before him are Bonnie J. Dunbar, Karol J. Bobko, Yi So-yeon, Rodolfo Neri Vela, Steven R. Nagel, and Yuri Gidzenko. After him are Anatoly Artsebarsky, André Kuipers, Liu Yang, Henry Hartsfield, Loren Acton, and Thomas Reiter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Donald H. Peterson ranks 399. Before him are Lee Calhoun, Tony Jay, Vladimir Melanin, Lloyd Price, William Blum, and Anatoly Krutikov. After him are Leandro Faggin, Gilberto Penayo, Brigitte Reimann, George J. Mitchell, Kathryn Crosby, and Allen J. Bard. Among people deceased in 2018, Donald H. Peterson ranks 384. Before him are Jimmy Armfield, Leo Falcam, Mohammed Hazzaz, Steven Bochco, William Blum, and Igor Korobov. After him are Hans Aabech, Erika Mahringer, Apisai Ielemia, Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, Ray Wilkins, and Randy Weston.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald H. Peterson ranks 8,672 out of 18,182. Before him are Christy Walton (1949), Peggy Fleming (1948), Ben Lyon (1901), Lee Unkrich (1967), Jaime King (1979), and Carl Yastrzemski (1939). After him are Cindy Williams (1947), Sam Jones (1924), The Game (1979), James Foley (1973), John Munro Longyear (1850), and ZaSu Pitts (1894).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Donald H. Peterson ranks 92. Before him are Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (1963), Jerry L. Ross (1948), James P. Bagian (1952), Bonnie J. Dunbar (1949), Karol J. Bobko (1937), and Steven R. Nagel (1946). After him are Henry Hartsfield (1933), Loren Acton (1936), Lisa Nowak (1963), Bryan D. O'Connor (1946), Norman Thagard (1943), and Jeffrey Williams (1958).

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