Story Musgrave

On October 16, 1998, six time astronaut, renowned scientist, and respected physician F. Story Musgrave visited Hickman High School and the CASA program. Story Musgrave was instrumental in the design of extravehicular activity equipment including space suits, life support systems, airlocks and manned maneuvering units. He has flown in six space missions, and was the first man to participate in a space walk. He also repaired the Hubble Space Telescope during 3 of the 5 space walks on that mission. He has spent a total of 1,281 hours, 59 minutes, and 22 seconds in space.

Dr. Musgrave earned bachelor degrees in mathematics, statistics and chemistry, and masters degrees in computer programming, physiology, biophysics and literature at various universities. He earned a doctorate of medicine and worked as a surgeon at Denver General Hospital. Prior to his experience with NASA, Dr. Musgrave served as an aviation electrician and instrument technician in the Marine Corps and was employed by the Eastman Kodak Company.

Dr. Musgrave made a slide presentation at Hickman High School to about 700 students of all ages from 8 schools in the Columbia Public School District. Dr. Musgrave infused anecdotes from his experiences as an astronaut with amazing slides of the earth, moon, planets, and stars. His visit served as an inspiration to future astronauts and space enthusiasts alike.

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