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Virgil Ivan „Gus“ Grissom (* 3.April 1926 in Mitchell, Indiana; † 27. Januar 1967 in Cape Canaveral, Florida) war ein US-amerikanischer Astronaut.Er war nach Alan Shepard der zweite US-Amerikaner und dritte Mensch im Weltraum und auch der erste Mensch, der zweimal in den Weltraum reiste. Gus Grissom kam bei einem Test des Raumschiffs Apollo 1 ums Leben.
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
Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom, född 3 april 1926 i Mitchell i Indiana, död 27 januari 1967 vid Cape Canaveral Air Force Station i Florida, var en amerikansk astronaut och officer i USA:s flygvapen.Grissom blev uttagen i astronautgrupp 1 den 9 april 1959 för Mercuryprogrammet tillsammans med sex andra testflygare. Grissom omkom 1967 under en övning inför Apollo 1, i vad som var den första ...
28 de ene. de 2014 · published 28 January 2014. Gus Grissom was the second American in space and the first NASA astronaut to fly twice in space.(Image credit: NASA.) Virgil "Gus" Grissom was a NASA astronaut who flew ...
19 de ago. de 2019 · Remembering NASA Astronaut Gus Grissom. In the history of NASA's space flights, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom stands out as one of the first men to orbit the Earth and was on the career track to become an Apollo astronaut bound for the Moon at the time of his death in 1967 in the Apollo 1 fire. He wrote in his own memoirs ( Gemini!
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 ...
About the Gus Grissom Memorial. The Grissom Memorial honors Hoosier astronaut Virgil I. “ Gus” Grissom, one of the seven Mercury astronauts and America’s second man in space. The Memorial tells the story of Gus Grissom’s life and his contributions to the space program. Exhibits include Grissom’s space suit, the Gemini 3 Molly Brown ...
