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. He was also the second American to fly in space twice, preceded only by Joe Walker with his sub-orbital X-15 flights.

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1926 — 1967  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Virgil I. Grissom; Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom; Virgil Ivan Grissom
flight instructor, air force officer, test pilot, mechanical engineer, astronaut, writer, 

Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran, 

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United States, Ashkenaz, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, Chinland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Havilah, Kingdom of Martabam-hongsawatoi, Kingdom of Wolaita, Persia, Reman, Sikh Confederacy, Sweden, Tarshish, Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran, 

1926-04-03T00:00:00Z

1967-01-27T00:00:00Z

1926 — 1967 Gus Grissom

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Mercury 7 astronauts at press conference in Dolley Madison House in 1959

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Gus Grissom in the chow line

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Gus Grissom in 1964

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	orbit		Gemini 3	Gemini spacecraft, Gus Grissom, John Young, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight		Mercury-Redstone 4	Gus Grissom, crewed spacecraft, space mission,	Wikidata
incident	incident		[[1]]		Wikidata
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commons	image		astronaut Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom		Commons
commons	image		GRISSOM, VIRGIL I. - ASTRONAUT - MISC		Commons
commons	image		Mercury-monument-astronauts-1964		Commons
commons	image		ASTRONAUT VIRGIL I. GRISSOM - SUIT		Commons
commons	image		Mercury 7 astronauts at press conference in Dolley Madison House in 1959		Commons
commons	image		Mercury-Redstone booster at MSFC with officials		Commons
commons	image		Gemini3fotoğrafı		Commons
commons	image		Gus Grissom in the chow line		Commons
commons	image		GRISSOM, VIRGIL I. (GUS), ASTRONAUT		Commons
commons	image		Gus Grissom in 1964		Commons