LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) — The Deke Slayton Airfest has posted a “save-the-date” notice on its Facebook page that it will take place from 8 a.m. June 12 to 10 p.m. June 13 at the La Crosse Regional ...

(WKOW) — One of the first men in space was born in Sparta, Wisconsin. Deke Slayton was part of the Mercury Seven group, that’s the first seven American astronauts that were ever chosen for the program ...

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Where are the Blue Angels headed next? Wisconsin. On June 15-16, the Blue Angels will headline the Deke Slayton Airfest in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Gates for the two-day air show open at 9 a.m., and the ...

SPARTA, Wis (WKBT) -- Sparta marked a major milestone Tuesday as the community kicked off celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Deke Slayton’s journey to space. Known as one of NASA’s original ...

Deke Slayton (left) and Alexei Leonov made their first and second spaceflights, respectively, on Apollo-Soyuz. Slayton was one of NASA's original Mercury astronauts, but had been grounded for years ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - The sounds of naval jets are filling the air as the Blue Angels fly across the skies of La Crosse. The crew arrived to the Coulee Region Wednesday evening and pilot Amanda Lee ...

In the Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, engineers closed the hatch on the Orbital ATK CRS-4 spacecraft. When the International Space Station crew members enter the Cygnus, ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - For the first time in seven years, the Deke Slayton Airfest returns to La Crosse this weekend. The airfest ran for ten straight years beginning in 1998, but has been ...