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Gus Grissom
Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom was an American astronaut, and one of the original Mercury Seven selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 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…
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culture · American astronaut (1926–1967) · air force officer · astronaut · test pilot · mechanical engineer · flight instructor · writer · also Gus Grissom, Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom, Virgil Ivan Grissom, Virgil I. Grissom, Grissom
Born 3 April 1926 · Died 27 January 1967 · Q110879
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2026· 4 entries
“I admire her for even trying. . . . She”
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“How are we going to get to the Moon if we can”
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2023· 1 entry
insider.si.edu: Gus Grissom : the lost astronaut / Ray E. Boomhower ; general editors, Ray E. Boomhower, Kathleen M. Breen, and Paula J. Corpuz
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2018· 1 entry
Was portrayed by Shea Whigham in First Man
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2016· 1 entry
Gus Grissom was included in the narrative of the movie Hidden Figures
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2004· 1 entry
The 37th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire
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2002· 1 entry
The museum went into bankruptcy and was taken over by a NASA contractor, whereupon the family sought the exhibit's return
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2000· 1 entry
Classes of the United States Air Force Academy began selecting a Class Exemplar who embodies the type of person they strive to be
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1999· 1 entry
But no evidence was found that could conclusively explain how the explosive hatch release had occurred
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1994· 1 entry
It was again renamed to Grissom Air Reserve Base following the USAF's realignment program
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1990· 1 entry
His family lent it the spacesuit worn by Grissom during Mercury 4 along with other personal artifacts belonging to the astronaut
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded National Aviation Hall of Fame (1987).
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1981· 2 entries
Awarded International Space Hall of Fame (1981).
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And the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1987
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1978· 2 entries
Won Congressional Space Medal of Honor (1978).
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From President Carter (White's and Chaffee's families received it in 1997)
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1971· 2 entries
By Governor Edgar Whitcomb, is located just inside the entrance to Spring Mill State Park in Mitchell, Indiana
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The tenth anniversary of his Mercury flight
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1969· 3 entries
Won NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1969).
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After Devault was convicted of conspiring to forge purchase orders
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And dedicated by Betty Grissom in 1970
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1968· 4 entries
More than a year and a half after the Apollo 1 accident
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To Grissom Air Force Base
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At Purdue University, was the home of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics for several decades
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At the former Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, Illinois, where Minuteman missile maintenance training was conducted
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1967· 5 entries
The Command Module interior caught fire and burned on January 27, 1967, during a pre-launch test on Launch Pad 34 at Cape Kennedy
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Died 1967-01-27.
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During a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at Cape Kennedy, Florida
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Before returning to Cape Kennedy to conduct the January 27 plugs-out test that ended his life, Grissom's wife, Betty, later recalled that he took a lemon from a tree in his back yard and explained that he intended to han
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When managers realized that the Apollo flights needed a name for each of two flight elements, the Command Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module
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1966· 1 entry
For drilling oil (along with White, Chaffee and Freeman Islands)
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1965· 3 entries
Won NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1965).
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Won NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1965).
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And never returned it, but some of Grissom's family members claimed the astronaut rescued the spacesuit from a scrap heap
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1962· 1 entry
The first-ever awarded by the university
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1961· 3 entries
Grissom was pilot of the second Project Mercury flight, Mercury-Redstone 4
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Won NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1961).
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Grissom was made honorary Mayor of Newport News, Virginia, and a new library was dubbed the Virgil I
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1959· 2 entries
Grissom received official notification that he had been selected as one of the seven Project Mercury astronauts
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Grissom received an official teletype message instructing him to report to an address in Washington, D
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1952· 1 entry
Grissom was promoted to first lieutenant and was cited for his "superlative airmanship" for his actions on March 23, 1952, when he flew cover for a photo reconnaissance mission
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1945· 1 entry
At First Baptist Church in Mitchell when he was home on leave during World War II
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1926· 2 entries
Born 1926-04-03.
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To Dennis David Grissom, a signalman for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and Cecile King Grissom, a homemaker
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