S. David Griggs

David Griggs
Griggs in January 1978
Born	Stanley David Griggs (1939-09-07)September 7, 1939 Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Died	June 17, 1989(1989-06-17) (aged 49) Earle, Arkansas, U.S.
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery
Education	United States Naval Academy (BS) George Washington University (MS)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Rank	Rear Admiral, USN
Time in space	6d 23h 55m
Selection	NASA Group 8 (1978)
Total EVAs	1
Total EVA time	3h 6m
Missions	STS-51-D
Mission insignia

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)^[1] – crashed near Earle, Arkansas.