S. David Griggs
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Stanley David Griggs was a United States Navy officer and a NASA astronaut. He is credited with conducting the first unscheduled extra-vehicular activity of the space program during Space Shuttle mission STS-51-D. Griggs was killed when the vintage World War II-era training aircraft he was piloting – a North American AT-6D – crashed near Earle, Arkansas.
1939 — 1989
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Stanley David Griggs
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, NASA Astronaut Group 8, Eagle Scout, United States,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | spaceflight | 1985 | STS-51-D | human spaceflight | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Stanleydavidgriggs | Commons | ||

