klaes@wrksys.dec.com (CUP/ASG, MLO5-2/G1 6A, 223-3283) (06/29/89)
Astronaut Stanley David Griggs died when his light plane crashed while he was possibly performing stunt maneuvers on June 18, 1989. Griggs, who joined the astronaut corps in August 1978, was scheduled to pilot the STS-33 mission on DISCOVERY for this fall. His only space mission was on Space Shuttle 51D on April 12, 1985 on DISCOVERY. He was a mission specialist on that mission, which included U.S. Senator Jake Garn. Larry Klaes klaes@renoir.dec.com or - ...!decwrl!renoir.dec.com!klaes or - klaes%renoir.dec@decwrl.dec.com N = R*fgfpneflfifaL