Story Musgrave

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Story Musgrave
NASA astronaut
Time in space
53d 9h 55m
SelectionNASA Group 6 (1967)
Total EVAs
4
Total EVA time
26h 19m[1]
Missions
Mission insignia
RetirementSeptember 2, 1997

Franklin Story Musgrave (born August 19, 1935) is an American

public speaker[2] and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996, he became only 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 have flown aboard all five Space Shuttles
.

Early life

Musgrave was born August 19, 1935, the son of Percy Musgrave Jr. (1903–1973) and Marguerite Warton Musgrave (

née Swann; 1909–1982).[3] He grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, but considers Lexington, Kentucky, to be his hometown.[4]

Musgrave has strong New England ancestral roots, descending from Mayflower passengers John Howland and John Tilley, as well as early Watertown, Massachusetts, settler Richard Saltonstall. Saltonstall's uncle was Richard Saltonstall, Lord Mayor of London.

His 4th great-grandfather was William Gray, a lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1810 to 1812 and a Massachusetts State Representative and Senator. His first cousin, four times removed was Horace Gray, Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice from 1864 to 1882 and United States Supreme Court Justice from 1882 to 1902.

His name comes from his 2nd great-grandfather, Franklin Howard Story Jr. (1825–1900) and 3rd great-grandfather, Franklin Howard Story (1795–1871). His 4th great-grandfather, Elisha Story (1743–1805), was a participant in the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Another son of Elisha, Joseph Story (Musgrave's 4th great-uncle) was a United States Congressman from Massachusetts and a United States Supreme Court Justice from 1812 to 1845. Joseph's son (Musgrave's 1st cousin, four times removed) was artist and sculptor William Wetmore Story. William's son (Musgrave's second cousin, thrice removed) was painter Julian Russell Story.[5]

Musgrave attended

Dexter School in Brookline, Massachusetts, and St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts, from 1947 to 1953. He dropped out of St. Mark's in his senior year when a car accident "caused him to miss a substantial amount of vital pre-graduation exam schooling."[6]

Career

After leaving high school, Musgrave enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1953. He served as an aviation electrician, instrument technician and aircraft crew chief while completing duty assignments in Korea, Japan and Hawaii, and aboard the carrier USS Wasp in the Far East. Musgrave's aviator brother Percy (1933–1959), who also served on USS Wasp, died on a mission when the carrier "ran over him" after a takeoff crash.[7]

Although he did not qualify as a pilot until completing his stipulated astronaut training, Musgrave has flown 17,700 hours in 160 different types of civilian and military aircraft, including 7,500 hours in

parachutist, he has made more than 800 free falls, including over 100 experimental free-fall descents involved with the study of human aerodynamics.[4]

While serving in the Marines, he completed his

Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, New York
in 1958.

He went on to receive an

operations analysis and computer programming from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1959, a B.A. in chemistry from Marietta College in 1960, an M.D. degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
in 1964.

Upon completing his medical degree, he served a surgical internship at the

Denver Health Medical Center) and served as an adjunct instructor of physiology and biophysics at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. He earned an M.A. in literature from the University of Houston–Clear Lake in 1987.[10]

He has written or been listed as a co-author of twenty five scientific papers in the areas of

temperature regulation
, exercise physiology, and clinical surgery.

NASA

Musgrave was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967 as a member of NASA Astronaut Group 6.[11] After completing flight and academic training, he worked on the design and development of the Skylab Program. In 1973, he was the backup Science Pilot for Skylab 2, becoming the first Group 6 astronaut to receive a potential flight assignment.

Musgrave participated in the design and development of all

JSC
.

Musgrave served as a CAPCOM for the second and third Skylab missions, STS-31, STS-35, STS-36, STS-38 and STS-41. He was a mission specialist on STS-6 (1983), STS-51-F/Spacelab-2 (1985), STS-33 (1989), STS-44 (1991), and STS-80 (1996); and the payload commander on STS-61 (1993).

A veteran of six space flights, Musgrave has spent a total of 1,281 hours, 59 minutes, 22 seconds on space missions, including nearly 27 hours of EVA.

Musgrave is the only astronaut to have flown on all five Space Shuttles. Prior to John Glenn's return to space in 1998, Musgrave held the record for the oldest person in orbit at age 61.[12]

He retired from NASA in 1997, after 30 years as an astronaut.[13]

Spaceflight experience

STS-6

Main article: STS-6

He first flew on

extra-vehicular activity
(EVA) to test the new space suits and construction and repair devices and procedures. Mission duration was 5 days, 23 minutes, 42 seconds.

STS-51-F

Main article: STS-51-F

On

life sciences. During this mission, Musgrave served as the systems engineer
during launch and entry, and as a pilot during the orbital operations. Mission duration was 7 days, 22 hours, 45 minutes, 26 seconds.

STS-33

Main article: STS-33

On STS-33, he served aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, which launched at night from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on November 22, 1989. This classified mission operated payloads for the United States Department of Defense. Following 79 orbits, the mission concluded on November 27, 1989, with a landing at sunset on Runway 04 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Mission duration was 5 days, 7 minutes, 32 seconds.

magnetometers as part of STS-61

STS-44

Main article: STS-44

STS-44 also launched at night on November 24, 1991. The primary mission objective was accomplished with the successful deployment of a Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite with an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) rocket booster. In addition, the crew also conducted two Military Man in Space Experiments, three radiation monitoring experiments, and numerous medical tests to support longer duration Shuttle flights. The mission was concluded in 110 orbits of the Earth with Atlantis returning to a landing on the lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on December 1, 1991. Mission duration was 6 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes, 42 seconds.

STS-61

Main article: STS-61

STS-61 was the first Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing and repair mission. Following a night launch from Kennedy Space Center on December 2, 1993, Endeavour rendezvoused with and captured the HST. During this 11-day flight, the HST was restored to its full capabilities through the work of two pairs of astronauts during a record 5 spacewalks. Musgrave performed 3 of these spacewalks. After having travelled 4,433,772 miles in 163 orbits of the Earth, Endeavour returned to a night landing in Florida on December 13, 1993. Mission duration was 10 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes.

STS-80

Main article: STS-80

On

Shuttle Pallet Satellite
, studied the origin and makeup of stars.

During deorbit and landing, Musgrave stood in the cockpit and pointed a handheld video camera out the windows. In doing so, he recorded the plasma streams over the orbiter's hull for the first time, and he is still the only astronaut to see them first-hand. In completing this mission he logged a record 278 Earth orbits and traveled over 7 million miles in 17 days, 15 hours, 53 minutes.

Media appearances and space snakes

Musgrave has made

CAPCOM" and the TV show Home Improvement (Series 3, Episode 24, "Reality Bytes"). In 2012, he appeared at Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention, as the "Astronaut Guest of Honor."[14]

On two of my missions, and I still don't have an answer, um, I have seen a, a snake out there, six seven eight feet long. It is rubbery because it has internal waves in it and it follows you for a rather long period of time.

Story Musgrave, Sightings, 1995[15]

In 1995 while being interviewed for a space documentary, Sightings, Musgrave irked NASA officials and surprised his colleagues when he declared that during two of his missions he saw "snakes" floating around in space - a fact that he failed to officially report to NASA upon his return.[16]

All kinds of debris come off space ships, especially at the back end after the main engines shut down and you open the doors: ice chips, oxygen or hydrogen, stuff dumped from the engines. On two flights I've seen and photographed what I call "the snake," like a seven-foot eel swimming out there. It may be an uncritical rubber seal from the main engines. In zero g it's totally free to maneuver, and it has its own internal waves like it's swimming.

Story Musgrave, Interview with Omni, August 1994[17]

In an interview with Omni, Musgrave mentioned seeing what he calls "the snake" on two flights and speculated it to be a rubber seal.[18]

Organizations

He is a member of

Navy League, the New York Academy of Sciences, Omicron Delta Kappa, the Soaring Club of Houston, the Soaring Society of America and the United States Parachute Association
.

Personal life

He has seven children, one of whom is deceased.

reading, running, scuba diving, and soaring.[4]

In the early 1990s, Musgrave was

schizophrenic woman who had previously served a prison sentence for stalking comedian David Letterman.[22]

Awards and honors

Gold star
Silver star
Meritorious Unit Commendation | NASA Distinguished Service Medal
NASA Exceptional Service Medal
with one star 		NASA Space Flight Medal
with five stars 		National Defense Service Medal

See also

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
.

  1. ^ "Story Musgrave - EVA Experience". SPACEFACTS. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "Story Musgrave". SPEAKING.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  3. ISBN 9780975228609
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  4. ^
    Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. August 1997. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on April 11, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "Franklin Story Musgrave". ourfamtree.org. Ray Gurganus. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  6. ISBN 0-387-21897-1
    , Page 152.
  7. ^ Story Musgrave. Designing a consilient life: Story Musgrave at TEDxWellesleyCollege. TEDx Talks. Event occurs at 4 minutes 59 seconds.
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  9. ^ "Forever Orange: The Story of Syracuse University authors Rick Burton '80 and Scott Pitoniak '77". 'Cuse Conversations (Podcast). March 23, 2020. Event occurs at 8:30. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  10. ISBN 0-387-21897-1
    , Pages 150-151.
  11. ^ "New Citizens to be Astros". Muncie Evening Press. Muncie, Indiana. UPI. August 3, 1967. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "STS-80 KSC-96EC-1338 - STS-80 Mission Specialist Story Musgrave inspects orbiter". Shuttle Missions. Kennedy Space Center. December 7, 1996. Archived from the original on April 6, 2021.
  13. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  14. ^ "Chicon 7: Story Musgrave". Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  15. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^ "NASA UFO STS-61 - Story Musgrave sees Snakes in Space". YouTube. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  17. ^ OMNI Magazine, August 1994. 1994. p. 76.
  18. ^ OMNI Magazine, August 1994. 1994. p. 76.
  19. ^ "Cassidy & Fishman Inc » Blog Archive » Story Musgrave". www.cassidyandfishman.com. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  20. ^ Kirst, Sean (March 22, 2015). "Story Musgrave: Space traveler sees reopening of SU's Holden Observatory as tale of faith, passion". syracuse.com. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  21. ^ Lenehan, Anne. "Space Story: Biography". Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2007.
  22. ^ Foster, David & Levinson, Arlene. Suicide on a railroad track ends a celebrity-stalker's inner agony Archived June 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press, October 11, 1998
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    .
  24. ^ "Kentucky Astronaut to be Honored". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. September 11, 1995. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ "Enshrinee Story Musgrave". nationalaviation.org. National Aviation Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 27, 2023.

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