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3 de feb. de 2022 · The courage of Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee had won our esteem and we join in paying homage to their memories.” Radio Moscow The nation’s Moon landing program suffered a shocking setback on Jan. 27, 1967, with the deaths of Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom , Edward H. White , and Roger B. Chaffee in a flash fire aboard their spacecraft during a ground test ...
16 de abr. de 2023 · The Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School was built in 1970 to serve the children of the community of Hegewisch on the far southside of Chicago. Grissom School was named after Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom who was the second United States’ astronaut in space. Colonel Grissom was the first astronaut to make two space ...
27 de ene. de 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. The test involved a mock countdown with the astronauts wearing spacesuits inside their capsule, sealed and pressurized with oxygen.
Grissom was named to serve as command pilot for the AS-204 mission, the first 3-man Apollo flight . Lieutenant Colonel Grissom died on January 27, 1967, in the Apollo spacecraft flash fire during a launch pad test at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. DECEMBER 1997 . National Aeronautics and . Biographical Data Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Biografia Primi anni. Virgil "Gus" Grissom nacque a Mitchell, nell'Indiana, e si diplomò alla Mitchell High School.Nel 1950 conseguì la bachelor's degree in ingegneria meccanica alla Purdue University. Grissom ricevette il grado di tenente pilota dell'U.S. Air Force nel marzo 1951.Nella sua carriera militare prese parte a oltre cento missioni di combattimento in Corea con il 334º Squadrone ...
Virgil Ivan „Gus” Grissom (ur. 3 kwietnia 1926 w Mitchell, zginął 27 stycznia 1967 na przylądku Canaveral w pożarze kabiny statku Apollo 1) – amerykański astronauta, podpułkownik United States Air Force. Lotnictwo. Szkołę podstawową i średnią ukończył w swoim rodzinnym mieście.
Virgil I. Grissom. Inducted In: 1981. Country: United States. 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 railroad worker, Grissom graduated from high school in Mitchell in 1944 then was an aviation cadet until he was ...
