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  WikimediaWikidata
Stanley David Griggs
astronaut, military officer, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, NASA Astronaut Group 8, Eagle Scout, United States

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  • STS-51-D
    human spaceflight
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1989-06-17T00:00:00Z
1939 — 1989 S. David Griggs
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