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Gus Grissom. Virgil Ivan " Gus " Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was an American engineer and pilot in the United States Air Force, as well as one of the original men, the Mercury Seven, selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for Project Mercury, a program to train and launch astronauts into outer space.
Jul 21, 2021 · How did Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom, after a near-perfect flight on just the second U.S. space mission, inadvertently “blow” the escape hatch prematurely on his Liberty Bell 7 capsule,...
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Apr 3, 2024 · Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom was one of NASA’s first seven astronauts, flew the first crewed mission of the Gemini Program, and was named to serve as command pilot for the AS-204 mission, the first 3-man Apollo flight. Quick Facts. On March 23, 1965, Grissom served as command pilot on the first manned Gemini Flight.
Jul 22, 2021 · The second Mercury mission was going according to plan until the Liberty Bell 7 capsule sank in the ocean. NASA exonerated astronaut Gus Grissom, and two researchers now say they know what...
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Nov 16, 2023 · Astronauts Gus Grissom (left), Ed White (middle), and Roger Chaffee (right), died on Jan. 27, 1967, during a flash fire inside the Apollo 1 crew capsule during a launch test rehearsal. NASA....
Jul 21, 2021 · Grissom’s capsule, Liberty Bell 7, sank after the successful splashdown in the Atlantic, and Grissom came close to drowning. The six Mercury flights from 1961-1963 produced several nerve-racking moments, but Grissom’s was the only one that came close to killing an astronaut.
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Jan 28, 2014 · Gus Grissom was the second American in space and the first NASA astronaut to fly twice in space.(Image credit: NASA.) Virgil "Gus" Grissom was a NASA astronaut who flew twice in space and was...
