... Official NASA Biography, page 3
NASA EXPERIENCE: Dr. Musgrave was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967.
He completed astronaut academic training and then worked on the design and development of the
Skylab Program. He was the backup science-pilot for the first Skylab mission, and was a CAPCOM
for the second and third Skylab missions. Dr. Musgrave participated in the design and development
of all Space Shuttle extravehicular activity equipment including spacesuits, life support systems,
airlocks,
and manned maneuvering units. From 1979 to 1982, and 1983 to 1984, he was assigned as a test
and verification pilot in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory at JSC. He served as a
spacecraft
communicator (CAPCOM) for STS-31, STS-35, STS-36, STS-38 and STS-41, and lead CAPCOM for a number
of subsequent flights. He was a mission specialist on STS-6 in 1983, STS-51F/Spacelab-2 in 1985,
STS-33 in 1989 and STS-44 in 1991, was the payload commander on STS-61 in 1993, and a mission
specialist on STS-80 in 1996. A veteran of six space flights, Dr. Musgrave has spent a total
of 1,281 hours 59 minutes, 22 seconds in space. Dr. Musgrave left NASA in August 1997 to pursue
private interests.
SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Dr. Musgrave first flew on STS-6, which launched from the Kennedy Space
Center, Florida, on April 4, 1983, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on April
9, 1983. During this maiden voyage of Space Shuttle Challenger, the crew performed the first
Shuttle deployment of an IUS/TDRS satellite, and Musgrave and Don Peterson conducted the first
Space Shuttle extravehicular activity (EVA) to test the new space suits and construction and
repair devices and procedures. Mission duration was 5 days, 23 minutes, 42 seconds.
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