Gus Grissom

Gus Grissom

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1926-04-03

Deceased 1967-01-27

Status Lost In Training

Type Government


Astronaut Biography

Lieutenant Colonel Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom was one of the seven original National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Project Mercury astronauts, and the first of the Mercury Seven to die. He was also a Project Gemini and an Apollo program astronaut. Grissom was the second American to fly in space, and the first member of the NASA Astronaut Corps to fly in space twice. In addition, Grissom was a World War II and Korean War veteran, U.S. Air Force test pilot, and a mechanical engineer. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal with an oak leaf cluster, a two-time recipient of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and, posthumously, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

Gus Grissom's Launches

Saturn IB | Apollo 1 (Failure before launch)

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Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
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Titan II GLV | Gemini III

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Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
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Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 4

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Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
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