Griggs

Personal data:

Birthdate:  07.09.1939 Birthplace:  Portland / Oregon Marital status:  married Children:  two Selection date:  16.01.1978 Selection group:  NASA-8 Job:  MSP Status:  died 17.06.1989 Date of death  17.06.1989 Place of death:  Earle / Arkansas, in the crash of a World-War-II-era training plane.

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Additional information:

• Bachelor of science from US Naval Academy, 1962; master of science in administration from George Washinton University, 1970;
  Officer of US-Navy;
• Test pilot; was assigned for STS-33;
• He was the PLT of the original STS-51F Spacelab-2 crew (this was the period of Griggs still being in STS-41F crew. However, STS-41F was cancelled and Karol Bobko's crew was given STS-51E mission instead which was, too, cancelled, with the crew finally flying on STS-51D). Sometime during STS-51E and STS-51D (beginning of January 1985) the managers realized that the proximity of two missions will not let Griggs to be adequately trained for STS-51F, so he replaced him with Roy Bridges (in fact, Griggs was then assigned to PLT of STS-51K, then STS-61K - the EOM mission).
• hobbies: Flying, auto restoration, running, skiing.