| Name |
Franklin Story Musgrave |
| Title |
Doctor |
| Born |
19 Aug 1935 |
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Also Known As |
He normally goes by his middle name. |
| Census |
1940 |
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1940 Musgrave.
1940 US census, Stockbridge Town, Berkshire, Massachusetts, enumeration district 2-139, Family Number 158, Musgrave. |
| Census |
1950 |
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1950 Musgrave.
1950 US census, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, enumeration district 2-52A, Lines Number 1 & 2, Musgrave. |
| Military Service |
1953 |
U.S. Marine Corps |
An auto accident forced him to miss enough high school that he didn't graduate. He joined the Marine Corp and served as an aircraft techincian.
While completing duty assignments in Korea, Japan and Hawaii, and aboard the carrier USS Wasp in the Far East he earned his GED. |
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Story Musgrave USMC.
Story Musgrave USMC. |
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USS Wasp CVA-18 1955.
USS Wasp CVA-18 in the western Pacific Ocean, January 5, 1955 about the time Story Musgrave was deployed there. Sadly it was the same ship that his older brother, Percy was deployed on when he lost his life in a carrier take-off accident. |
| Biographical Information |
1958 |
Upon compleation of his service he enrolled at the University of Syracuse where he earned a bachelor's degree in mathmatics.
After completing his medical doctorate, he became a pioneer in the field of aerospace medicine and physiology.
Eventually he would go on to earn seven graduate degrees and has been awarded 20 honorary doctorates. |
| Occupation |
1967 |
| NASA was looking to hire scientist-astronauts. 923 applied. Only 11 were deemed qualified. All 11 including Story were hired. Because the Apollo program was winding down and NASA had no clear future it wasn't expected that any of them would ever fly. |
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Astronaut Gets Wings At Reese.
Del Rio (Texas) News-Herald,Sunday, April 13, 1969. |
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Story Musgrave.
Story Musgrave. |
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NASA Astronaut Group 6.
Hired in 1967 the group of astronauts was officially known as NASA Astronaut Group 6. Unofficially they refereed to themselves the "XS-11", or "Excess Eleven" as they were never expecting to reach space. Eventually all but three had the opportunity to fly. |
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NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
In 1992 he was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal which is the highest award that can be bestowed by NASA. |
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Shuttles
He ended up becoming the only astronaut to fly on all five space shuttles. At the age of 61 he held the record of the oldest astronaut to have flowen untill Senator John Glen came back to ride on the shuttle.
He logged 53 days, 9 hours and, 55 minutes in space including 26 hours and, 19 minutes of EVA time. |
| Occupation |
4 Apr 1983 |
| STS6 |
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Challenger Soars Into Outer Space.
Santa Cruz (California) Sentinel, Monday, April 4, 1983 first & last pages. |
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Shuttle Crew Takes First Space Walk In Nine Years.
Ukiah (California) Daily Journal, Thursday, April 7, 1983 page one. |
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STS-6 F-Troop.
The first six shuttle crews were designated A through F. The Challenger crew quickly adopted the name "F-Troop" after the '60's TV comedy of the same name. |
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STS-6 Patch.
STS-6 was the sixth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. The six stars depicted on the patch represent the sixth flight. |
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STS-6-crew.
STS-6-crew. The oldest crew launched at that point. The four men had a combined age of 191 years. |
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Challenger.
The Space Shuttle Challenger atop NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. It was being moved from the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its first launch. |
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STS-6 on Launchpad.
STS-6, Challenger on launchpad. |
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STS-6 Launch.
"When you see a launch from the outside, it's a rather glorious, magnificent thing. Inside, it's the absolute opposite of that. It's 137 decibels. It's shaking. Everything is shaking. You're along for the ride and you want to survive that. So, it's not a joy ride for me. It's what I need to go through to get into the incredible serenity and celestial dance of zero gravity." Story Musgrave. From the BBC mini-series "Hyperspace" first aired in 2001. |
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Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-1.
STS-s's primary mission was the deployment of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-1. |
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STS-6 Story Musgrave, left, and Donald H. Peterson.
STS-6 was the fisrt shuttle mission that involved a space walk (EVA). It was the first time astrouauts had worked outside of a spacecraft since a 1973 Skylab mission and, the first time the new Extravehicular Mobility Unit (spacesuit) designed for shuttle missions was used. Story and Donald H. Peterson spent 4 hours and 17 minutes performing tests in the shuttles payload bay. |
| Occupation |
29 Jul 1985 |
| STS-51-F |
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STS-51-F Patch.
STS-51-F was the eighth flight for shuttle Challenger. The patch showes the constellations Leo and Orion in the positions they were in relative to the Sun during the flight. The nineteen stars indicate that the mission is the 19th shuttle flight.
Their primary mission was to perform scientific experiments using the Spacelab 2 laboratory module. |
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STS-51-F crew.
STS-51-F crew. |
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STS-51-F launch.
STS-51-F launch. |
| Occupation |
22 Nov 1989 |
| STS-33 |
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STS-33 Patch.
The crewmembers designed this patch. They felt the falcon symbolizes courage, intelligence, tenacity, and love of flight. The single gold star on a field of blue honors the memory of the late Rear Admiral S. David Griggs, originally assigned to this crew. |
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STS-33 Crew.
STS-33 Crew. |
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STS-33 Launch.
Discovery became the first shuttle to fly after the Challenger disaster. It took off and landed as the sun was setting. There are a limited number of photographs availible from this mission due to the fact that they were launching a military satellite. |
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STS-33 Landing.
STS-33 back on the ground at Edwards Air Force Base, California. |
| Occupation |
24 Nov 1991 |
| STS-44 |
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STS-44 Patch.
The patch designed by the crew showesthe red, white and blue of the American flag which represents American contribution and strength derived from this military mission. The black background of space, is for the mysteries of the universe. It is illuminated by six large stars, which depict the crew of six and the hopes that travel with them. The smaller stars represent Americans who work in support of this mission. |
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STS-44 Crew.
STS-44 Crew. |
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STS-44 Launch.
The tenth launch of the shuttle Atlantis. |
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STS-44 Landing.
STS-44 Landing. |
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STS-44 Post Flight.
The shuttle Atlantis being mated to the 747 ferry for return to Kennedy Space Center. |
| Occupation |
2 Dec 1993 |
| STS-61 |
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Astronaut Ready For Mission.
During the training for this mission Musgrave suffered frostbite. He had eight damaged fingers. Five on the right hand and, three on the left. Flight surgeons flight surgeons at the Johnson Space Center in Texas diagnosed severe frostbite and Musgrave was referred to a specialist in Alaska for treatment. He made a full recovery and the mission was not affected.
The Paris (Texas) News, Wednesday, August, 4, 1993 page 5. |
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Can this Mirror Save The Space Program?
The San Bernardino County Sun, Sunday, November 28, 1993 Weekend section. Pages 1, 4 & 5. |
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Can this Mirror Save The Space Program? 2.
The San Bernardino County Sun, Sunday, November 28, 1993 Weekend section. Pages 1, 4 & 5. |
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Can this Mirror Save The Space Program? 3.
The San Bernardino County Sun, Sunday, November 28, 1993 Weekend section. Pages 1, 4 & 5. |
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Hubble Repair Task A Tough One.
The San Bernardino County (California) Sun, Sunday, November 28, 1993 page 9. |
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STS-61 Patch.
The astronaut symbol is superimposed against the sky with the Earth underneath. Also seen are two circles representing the optical configuration of the Hubble Space Telescope. |
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STS-61 Crew.
STS-61 Crew. |
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STS-61_Roll Out.
STS-61_Roll Out. |
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STS-61 Launch.
Shuttle Endevor lifts off on the the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. |
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Story Musgrave.
Story Musgrave working on the Hubble Space Telescope. |
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Improvement in Hubble Images.
Before and after photos showing the diffrence that the repair mission created. |
| Occupation |
19 Nov 1996 |
| STS-80 |
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Astronaut Aims At Age Barrier.
Santa Cruz (California) Sentinel, Monday, October 28, 1996 page 5. |
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Oldest Astronaut Blasts Off.
The San Bernardino County (California), Sunday, Wednesday, November 20, 1996 section A, page 4. |
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Weather Prevents Shuttle Return.
The Logansport (Indiana) Pharos-Tribune, Friday, December 6, 1996 section A, page 11. |
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STS-80 Patch.
The STS-80 patch depicts the Space Shuttle Columbia and the two research satellites its crew deployed. The two bright blue stars represent the mission's Extravehicular Activities (EVA). Surrounding Columbia is a constellation of 16 stars, one for each day of the mission.
The first of the two reusable satellites was an Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer used to observe the stars.
The second was the Wake-Shield Facility that allowed for the creation of semiconductor thin films in vacuum conditions that could not be recreated on Earth. |
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STS-80 crew.
STS-80 crew. |
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STS-80 Roll Out.
STS-80 Roll Out. |
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STS-80 Lift Off.
STS-80 Lift Off. |
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Story Musgrave on Columbia's flight deck.
Story Musgrave monitors the health and status of the Wake Shield Facility spacecraft from Columbia's flight deck. |
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Story Musgrave
Story Musgrave taking photos out of Columbia's flight deck windows. |
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STS-80 Landing.
Columbia Landing as the sun disappears.
During landing, Musgrave stood in the cockpit and pointed a video camera out the window. He recorded the plasma streams over the orbiter's hull for the first time. He is the only astronaut to see them first-hand. |
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STS-80 Post Flight.
STS-80 Post Flight. |
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STS-80 Musgrave.
Musgrave checks out the orbiter shortly after landing. Less than a year after this on September 2, 1997 he retired. |
| Occupation |
2000 |
| Story has a hand full of acting credits and in his retirement years has worked as a consultant to Hollywood productions. |
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Experts Getting Calls On Space Movies.
The Southtown Star, Tinley Park, Illinois, Sunday, August 20, 2000 section B, page 8. |
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Home Improvement.
Season 3 of Home Improvement the shuttle crew that repaired the Hubble Telescope made an appearance. |
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Mission To Mars.
Story Musgrave with Gary Senise in the 2000 movie' "Mission to Mars". |
 Siblings |
3 siblings |
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| 2. Thomas Bateson Musgrave, b. 28 May 1939, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts , d. 21 Dec 1964, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky |
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| Person ID |
I55352 |
Nagel |
| Last Modified |
1 Oct 2020 |
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