Gus Grissom
Astronaut
1926 – 1967
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
- Parents
- Spouses
- Betty Grissom
(1945/07/06 - )
- Betty Grissom
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Science, Purdue University
Mechanical Engineering
( - 1950) - Mitchell High School
- Bachelor of Science, Purdue University
- Lived in
- Indiana
- Died
- Jan 27, 1967
Kennedy Space Center - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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