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S. David Griggs is a former astronaut from National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1 spaceflight.
BIOGRAPHY
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 (registration N3931S) – crashed near Earle, Arkansas.
PERSONAL DETAILS
NationalityUnited States of America
BornSeptember 7, 1939
DiedJune 17, 1989
AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
TypeGovernment
StatusFormer
First FlightApril 12, 1985
Last FlightApril 12, 1985
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