A prominent character in this film is Donald K. Slayton aka Deke Slayton. He was one of the original Mercury astronauts but was grounded due to heart palpitations. Choosing to stay with NASA, he became its first Chief of the Astronaut Office and the Director of Flight Crew Operations. His persistence would eventually pay off, as he was declared healthy in 1971 and finally went into space in the joint American/Soviet Apollo Soyuz flight in 1975, some 14 years after the first manned Mercury mission.

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