The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity

the horn and funneled into a sample container. The aim
is to carry out several sample extractions, each taking only
a second or so, from different locations. On each sampling
attempt, the spacecraft will begin its approach at
some distance from the asteroid, move in to collect the
sample, and then back off to the same distance. In the
final phase of the mission, MUSES-C will return to the
vicinity of Earth and release a small reentry capsule containing
the collected samples. Reentering at over 12 km/s
directly from its interplanetary return trajectory, the capsule
will use an advanced heat-shield as protection and
finally deploy a parachute for soft-landing.
Musgrave, (Franklin) Story (1935–)
An American astronaut and a veteran of six Space Shuttle
flights. Musgrave holds numerous degrees, including
a B.S. in mathematics from Syracuse University (1958),
an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles
(1959), a B.A. in chemistry from Marietta College
(1960), an M.D. from Columbia University (1964), an
M.S. in physiology and biophysics from the University
of Kentucky (1966), and an M.A. in literature from the
MUSTARD (Multi-Unit Space Transport and Recovery Device) 287
University of Houston (1987). He joined the Marine
Corps in 1953 and served as an aviation electrician and
instrument technician and as an aircraft crew chief. He
was selected by NASA as a scientist-astronaut in 1967,
and he served as backup science-pilot for the first Skylab
mission; CAPCOM (Capsule Communicator) for the
second and third Skylab missions and several Space
Shuttle missions; a mission specialist on Shuttle flights
STS-6 (1983), STS-5F/Spacelab-2 (1985), STS-33 (1989),
STS-44 (1991), and STS-80 (1996); and payload commander
on STS-61 (1993). He left NASA in August 1997
and now works at Walt Disney Imagineering in the
research and development division.
Musson
See GEO-IK.
MUSTARD (Multi-Unit Space Transport and
Recovery Device)
A design for a reusable space vehicle proposed by the
British Aircraft Corporation in 1964–1965. MUSTARD
consisted of three fully reusable delta-shaped craft mated
Story Musgrave Musgrave,
anchored on the end of the
Space Shuttle’s Remote Manipulator
System, prepares to be
lifted to the top of the Hubble
Space Telescope to carry out
servicing tasks in December
1993. NASA