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1. www.smithsonianmag.com › air-space-magazine › newNew Evidence Shows That Gus Grissom Did Not Accidentally Sink ...

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   Jul 21, 2021 · New Evidence Shows That Gus Grissom Did Not Accidentally Sink His Own Spacecraft 60 Years Ago. Careful analysis of the recovery film showed it was static electricity that doomed the Liberty Bell 7.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gus_GrissomGus Grissom - Wikipedia

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   Virgil Ivan Grissom was born in the small town of Mitchell, Indiana, on April 3, 1926, [1] to Dennis David Grissom (1903–1994), a signalman for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and Cecile King Grissom (1901–1995), a homemaker. Virgil was the family's second child (an older sister died in infancy shortly before his birth).

3. www.northcountrypublicradio.org › news › nprA New Analysis May Have Just Solved A Decades-Old ... - NCPR

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   Jul 22, 2021 · By Scott Neuman Jul 22, 2021 (NPR) A U.S. Marines helicopter hovers over the Atlantic ocean during an attempt to retrieve astronaut Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7, which sank 15,000 feet shortly ...

4. www.npr.org › 2021/07/22 › 1019254674Researchers: Gus Grissom Didn't Trigger Mercury Capsule ... - NPR

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   Jul 22, 2021 · A U.S. Marines helicopter hovers over the Atlantic ocean during an attempt to retrieve astronaut Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7, which sank 15,000 feet shortly after splashdown on July 21, 1961. AP ...

5. www.astronomy.com › space-exploration › apollo-1Apollo 1 tragedy: The fatal fire and its aftermath

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   Nov 16, 2023 · The fatal fire. On the afternoon of Jan. 27, clad in their space suits, the crew boarded the Apollo 1 capsule, perched high atop the Saturn IB. Grissom noticed a strange odor, like soured ...

6. airandspace.si.edu › stories › editorialThe Sinking of Liberty Bell 7: Gus Grissom’s Near-Fatal ...

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   Jul 21, 2021 · On July 21, 1961, Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom flew the second NASA Mercury-Redstone mission. But that trip, nearly identical to Shepard’s almost ended in disaster. 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 ...

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   What happened to Gus Grissom?

   • 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 happened.

   Researchers: Gus Grissom Didn't Trigger Mercury Capsule Hatch After

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   Did Gus Grissom die on Mercury?

   • 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. Gus Grissom suits up for his spaceflight.

   The Sinking of Liberty Bell 7: Gus Grissom’s Near-Fatal Mission

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   Who was Gus Grissom?

   • Gus Grissom was a gruff, compact, working-class kid from Mitchell, Indiana, who used the GI Bill to become an engineer, fighter pilot, and test pilot. He flew 100 combat missions in Korea. Picked as one of the first seven astronauts in 1959, he made the further cut to the three who would make the initial flights.

   The Sinking of Liberty Bell 7: Gus Grissom’s Near-Fatal Mission

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   Did Gus Grissom blow the escape hatch?

   • It’s one of the great mysteries of the early space age. 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, causing it to fill with water and sink in the Atlantic? In fact, did Grissom blow the hatch?

   New Evidence Shows That Gus Grissom Did Not Accidentally Sink His O…

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8. www.nasa.gov › former-astronaut-virgil-i-grissomFormer Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom - NASA

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   Apr 3, 2024 · Grissom was one of the seven Mercury astronauts selected by NASA in April 1959. Grissom piloted the “Liberty Bell 7” spacecraft on July 21, 1961. Grissom’s “Liberty Bell 7” flight lasted 15 minutes and 37 seconds. On March 23, 1965, Grissom served as command pilot on the first manned Gemini Flight. Portrait of the Apollo 1 prime crew ...