Editing Story Musgrave (section)

==NASA ==
Musgrave was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967 as a member of [[NASA Astronaut Group 6]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30779535/muncie_evening_press/|title=New Citizens to be Astros|newspaper=Muncie Evening Press|location=Muncie, Indiana|date=August 3, 1967|page=19|via=Newspapers.com|agency=UPI}}</ref> After completing flight and academic training, he worked on the design and development of the [[Skylab]] Program. In 1973, he was the backup Science Pilot for [[Skylab 2]], becoming the first Group 6 astronaut to receive a potential flight assignment.

Musgrave participated in the design and development of all [[Space Shuttle]] extra-vehicular activity equipment, including [[spacesuit]]s, [[life support]] systems, [[airlock]]s and [[Manned Maneuvering Unit]]s. From 1979 to 1982, and 1983 to 1984, he was assigned as a test and verification pilot in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory at [[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center|JSC]].

Musgrave served as a [[Flight controller#Spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM)|CAPCOM]] for the second and third Skylab missions, [[STS-31]], [[STS-35]], [[STS-36]], [[STS-38]] and [[STS-41]]. He was a [[mission specialist]] on [[STS-6]] (1983), [[STS-51-F]]/Spacelab-2 (1985), [[STS-33]] (1989), [[STS-44]] (1991), and [[STS-80]] (1996); and the payload commander on [[STS-61]] (1993).

A veteran of six space flights, Musgrave has spent a total of 1,281 hours, 59 minutes, 22 seconds on space missions, including nearly 27 hours of [[Extravehicular activity|EVA]].

Musgrave is the only astronaut to have flown on all five [[Space Shuttle]]s. Prior to [[John Glenn]]'s return to space in 1998, Musgrave held the record for the oldest person in orbit at age 61.<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-80 KSC-96EC-1338 - STS-80 Mission Specialist Story Musgrave inspects orbiter |url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-80/images/captions/KSC-96EC-1338.html |website=Shuttle Missions |publisher=[[Kennedy Space Center]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406045142/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-80/images/captions/KSC-96EC-1338.html |archive-date=April 6, 2021 |date=December 7, 1996 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

He retired from [[NASA]] in 1997, after 30 years as an astronaut.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dreifus |first=Claudia |date=1998-10-20 |title=A CONVERSATION WITH: F. Story Musgrave; Watching From Sidelines as NASA Regains Spotlight |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/20/science/conversation-with-f-story-musgrave-watching-sidelines-nasa-regains-spotlight.html |access-date=2023-10-06 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>