S. David Griggs
American
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.
Details
Flights
1
Spacewalks
1
Time In Space
6d 23h 55m 23s
Total EVA Time
3h 6m
First Flight
April 12, 1985
Last Flight
April 12, 1985
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