laughingnome2
laughingnome2 t1_j54wb4u wrote
Reply to Question: Who holds the record for longest time between astronaut selection and first spaceflight? by JarrodBaniqued
Probably Deke Slayton. He was selected for the Mecury Project in 1962 but was grounded due to an atrial fibrillation until a flight in 1975 on the Apollo-Soyuz project.
laughingnome2 t1_j54wukn wrote
Reply to comment by JarrodBaniqued in Question: Who holds the record for longest time between astronaut selection and first spaceflight? by JarrodBaniqued
Good point. But the resource on another comment says Deke was selected for Mercury in 1959. If that's correct, that puts him at 16 years.