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S. David Griggs

1939 - 1989

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Stanley David Griggs (September 7, 1939 – June 17, 1989) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. S. David Griggs is the 305th most popular astronaut (down from 287th in 2019), the 10,710th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,894th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, S. David Griggs ranks 305 out of 556. Before him are Aleksandr Lazutkin, Paolo Nespoli, Ellen Ochoa, Oleg Kotov, Bjarni Tryggvason, and Janice E. Voss. After him are John M. Lounge, Millie Hughes-Fulford, Nicole Aunapu Mann, Bryan D. O'Connor, Chris Hadfield, and Mikhail Kornienko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, S. David Griggs ranks 551. Before him are Paul Nihill, Rhodri Morgan, Marino Perani, Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Barney McKenna, and Jan-Just Bos. After him are Bob Clark, Mickey Kantor, Martin Feldstein, Stanley Anderson, Jorge Fons, and James M. Bardeen. Among people deceased in 1989, S. David Griggs ranks 279. Before him are Chris Gueffroy, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Egon Orowan, Stella Gibbons, Ewan MacColl, and Elaine de Kooning. After him are Rebecca Schaeffer, Frank Henry, Woody Shaw, Jim Backus, Joseph Van Ingelgem, and Beatrice Lillie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, S. David Griggs ranks 10,712 out of 20,380. Before him are Kate Smith (1907), Bret Michaels (1963), Nelson W. Aldrich (1841), Charlie Dominici (1951), Jon-Erik Hexum (1957), and William Inge (1913). After him are David Costabile (1967), Bonnie "Prince" Billy (1970), Gary Hart (1936), Richard Grieco (1965), Joyce DiDonato (1969), and Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, S. David Griggs ranks 142. Before him are Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (1963), James M. Kelly (1964), David M. Walker (1944), José M. Hernández (1962), Ellen Ochoa (1958), and Janice E. Voss (1956). After him are John M. Lounge (1946), Millie Hughes-Fulford (1945), Nicole Aunapu Mann (1977), Bryan D. O'Connor (1946), Richard O. Covey (1946), and John M. Fabian (1939).

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