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Nov 16, 2016 · Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, one of the Mercury 7 astronauts, was selected for the Apollo program in 1966. During a launchpad test of the command module the following year, he and crewmates Ed ...
Jan 27, 2022 · On Jan. 27, 1967, with the planned launch of the first Apollo mission to carry a crew just 25 days away, Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee were conducting a key test with their spacecraft on the launch pad.
Virgil "Gus" Grissom. Born April 3, 1926 Mitchell, Indiana. Died January 27, 1967 Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. American astronaut. Frustrated that the Soviet Union had launched the first manmade object into orbit in 1957, the United States stepped up its efforts to be the first to put a human into space.
Jan 26, 2017 · Fifty years ago Jan. 27, Virgil "Gus" Grissom lay on his back in the Apollo 1 command spacecraft, his face toward the sky. The view, not particularly breathtaking, was blocked by metal and wire in ...
Gallery Of. The Apollo 1 Launchpad Fire: Remembering Grissom, White and Chaffee. American astronauts Ed White, Roger Chaffee and Gus Grissom in the Apollo Mission Simulator, a replica of the capsule in which they died.
The second American to travel in space; first person to enter space twice. Virgil Ivan “Gus” Grissom was born on April 3, 1926, in Mitchell, Indiana. The son of a […]
NASA to Test Telemedicine, Gather Essential Health Data with Polaris Dawn Crew
