National Aeronautics and Space Administration
S. David Griggs
United States of America

Died While In Active Service
Biography
/01Stanley 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.
Type
Government
Age
49
Date of Birth
September 7, 1939
First Flight
April 12, 1985
Last Flight
April 12, 1985
Career Stats
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Flights
1
Landings
1
Spacewalks
P6DT23H55M23S
Time in Space