My Collection: This is an autographed and inscribed 8x10 WSS photo of Musgrave. An autographed WSS photo of him is rare, most of his signed photos are from the shuttle era.
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| F. Story Musgrave | ||||||||
| F. Story Musgrave was selected as an astronaut in NASA's sixth class (1967). His first mission came in 1983 when he flew as a mission specialist on STS-6, this was the maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle Challenger. On this mission Musgrave, along with fellow astronaut Don Peterson, became the first men to perform a space walk from the space shuttle. Next, he served as a mission specialist on the 1985 flight of STS-51-F; this was the second Spacelab mission. Musgrave made his third flight into space in 1989 as a mission specialist on STS-33. In 1991, Musgrave as a mission specialist on the STS-44 mission. His fifth mission was in 1993 when he was the payload commander on STS-61; this was the first mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. During this mission, Musgrave made three space walks. He made his final flight into space serving onboard STS-80 in 1996; this was the longest space shuttle flight to date. He is the only astronaut in history who as flown on all 5 space shuttles. Musgrave retired from NASA in 1997 having logged 53 days in space during six shuttle flights. My Collection: This is an autographed and inscribed 8x10 WSS photo of Musgrave. An autographed WSS photo of him is rare, most of his signed photos are from the shuttle era. |
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