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Astronaut Story Musgrave shares his life experience with those who came to see him speak at the Capitol Room in the Holmes Student Center Saturday evening. The former astronaut served in the Korean War as a mechanic and has flown on six space shuttle missions. One of the most important missions was STS-61, in which he repaired the Hubble Space Telescope.

‘The Beauty and Glory of Spaceflight’: Astronaut speaks about experiences, reinventing self

By Lauren Dielman | April 1, 2012

Story Musgrave was a NASA astronaut for more than 30 years. Musgrave started his career as an aircraft electrician and engine mechanic in the U.S. Marines before being employed as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in 1967. During his career as a NASA astronaut,...