Gus Grissom

Astronaut

1926 – 1967

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Who was Gus Grissom?

Virgil Ivan Grissom, better known as Gus Grissom, was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a United States Air Force pilot. He was the second American to fly in space, and the first member of the NASA Astronaut Corps to fly in space twice.

Grissom was killed along with fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. He was the first of the Mercury Seven to die. He was also a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and, posthumously, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

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Born
Apr 3, 1926
Mitchell
Also known as
  • Virgil I. Grissom
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Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor of Science, Purdue University
    Mechanical Engineering
    ( - 1950)
  • Mitchell High School
Lived in
  • Indiana
Died
Jan 27, 1967
Kennedy Space Center
Resting place
Arlington National Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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