Gus Grissom
Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom was an American engineer and pilot in the United States Air Force, as well as one of the original Mercury Seven selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for Project Mercury, a program to train and launch astronauts into outer space. Grissom went on to be a Project Gemini and Apollo program astronaut for NASA. As a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps, Grissom was the second American to fly in space in 1961.
Background
- Born in
- Mitchell
- Educated at
- Purdue UniversityU.S. Air Force Test Pilot SchoolMitchell High School
- Awards
- 🏆 National Aviation Hall of Fame🏆 United States Astronaut Hall of Fame🏆 Air Medal🏆 Congressional Space Medal of Honor
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1926
Born
Birth1967
Died
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