Story Musgrave
American physician and NASA astronaut / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Franklin Story Musgrave, M.D. (born August 19, 1935) is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut.
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Born | Franklin Story Musgrave (1935-08-19) August 19, 1935 (age 88) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Status | Retired |
Nationality | American |
Other names | F. Story Musgrave |
Alma mater | SU, B.S. 1958 UCLA, MBA 1959 Marietta College, B.A. 1960 P&S, M.D. 1964 UK, M.S. 1966 UHCL, M.A. 1987 |
Occupation | Physician |
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NASA Astronaut | |
Time in space | 53d 09h 55m |
Selection | 1967 NASA Group 6 |
Total EVAs | 4 |
Total EVA time | 26 hours 19 minutes[1] |
Missions | STS-6, STS-51-F, STS-33, STS-44, STS-61, STS-80 |
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Retirement | September 2, 1997 |
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He is a public speaker[2] and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California.
In 1996 he became the second astronaut to fly on six spaceflights, and he is the most formally educated astronaut with six academic degrees. Musgrave is the only astronaut to fly aboard all five Space Shuttles.
Before to John Glenn's return to space in 1998, Musgrave held the record for the oldest person in orbit, at age 61.[3]
He retired from NASA in 1997.