Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was an American engineer and pilot in the United States Air Force, as well as one of the original...
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husband Gus Grissom, one of the Mercury Seven astronauts, died in the first fatal accident in the history of the United States space program. Ms. Grissom has...
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Apollo 1 (category Gus Grissom)
Complex 34 on January 27 killed all three crew members—Command Pilot Gus Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee—and destroyed the...
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Mercury-Redstone 4 (category Gus Grissom)
#11, was nicknamed Liberty Bell 7. It was piloted by astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom. The spaceflight lasted 15 minutes 30 seconds, reached an altitude of...
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together with the other surviving Mercury astronauts and Betty Grissom, Gus Grissom's widow, Shepard founded the Mercury Seven Foundation, which raises...
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Railroad's history. Mitchell was also the birthplace of astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom (1926–1967). A mechanical engineering graduate of Purdue University,...
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by NASA on April 9, 1959: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. The Mercury Seven created...
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Spring Mill State Park (section Gus Grissom Memorial)
Mitchell on Indiana Highway 60. It contains a settler's village, the Gus Grissom Memorial (with the accompanying Gemini 3 space capsule), a nature center...
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Gemini 3 (category Gus Grissom)
American astronauts flew together into space. On March 23, 1965, astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young flew three low Earth orbits in their spacecraft, which...
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Apollo 1. In 1967, he died in a fire along with fellow astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test for the mission at what was then...
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The Right Stuff (film) (category Gus Grissom)
"pudknockers" who only dream about it. Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Donald "Deke" Slayton, captains of the United States Air Force, are...
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Grissom may refer to: Grissom, North Carolina, unincorporated community Grissom (surname) Gus Grissom, one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts...
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base was renamed Grissom Air Force Base in 1968 in memory of astronaut and Indiana native Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, USAF, who, along...
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The Mercury Seven were Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. Emphasis is given to...
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Manager Joachim Kuettner (l) and center officials host MR-4 astronaut Gus Grissom (6th from l). MR-3 prelaunch activities April 21, 1961 at LC-5, Cape...
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Aerospace Engineering there on August 28, 1956. While at AFIT, Cooper met Gus Grissom, a fellow USAF officer, and the two became good friends. They were involved...
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changed. Petersen and Zuiker decided to rename the character "Grissom," after astronaut Gus Grissom, of whom Petersen was a great admirer. The name Gil came...
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Apollo 1. White died on January 27, 1967, alongside astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Roger B. Chaffee in a fire during pre-launch testing for Apollo 1...
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First Man (film) (category Gus Grissom)
reveals that he has been selected for the Apollo 1 mission, along with Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee. During a launch rehearsal test on January 27, 1967...
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The Right Stuff (TV series) (category Gus Grissom)
as Scott Carpenter Aaron Staton as Wally Schirra Michael Trotter as Gus Grissom Micah Stock as Deke Slayton Eric Ladin as Chris Kraft Patrick Fischler...
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T-38 Talon jet trainer). Islands Chaffee (Roger B. Chaffee), Grissom (Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom) and White (Ed White) are named after the Apollo 1 astronauts...
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the northeast edge of the floor. The crater is named after astronaut Gus Grissom, killed in the Apollo 1 fire. The nearby craters White and Chaffee were...
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halted by the Apollo 1 fire on January 27, 1967, in which astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee died, and the subsequent investigation...
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Representative from Hawaii. Gregory D. Gadson (U.S. Army) Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom (U.S. Air Force) Dave Grossman (U.S. Army), professor of psychology and...
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landing once. One of the moonwalkers was a trained geologist. Of the 32, Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed during a ground test in preparation...
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former player and coach Gus Greenlee (1893–1952), Negro league baseball team owner and African-American businessman Gus Grissom (1926–1967), one of the...
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celestial navigation for lunar flight in the Apollo program. Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom (Houston CAPCOM) Roger B. Chaffee (CAPCOM) Eugene Cernan (CAPCOM) Mass:...
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The Astronaut Wives Club (category Gus Grissom)
Kenneth Mitchell as Deke Slayton Sam Reid as John Glenn Joel Johnstone as Gus Grissom Luke Kirby as Max Kaplan Evan Handler as Duncan "Dunk" Pringle Matt Lanter...
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Space Mirror Memorial (category Gus Grissom)
Group 3 recruit, whereas See was an Astronaut Group 2 recruit from 1962. Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were in the Apollo 1 capsule for plugs-out...
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Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982). He then starred as astronaut Gus Grissom in The Right Stuff, in the action movie Uncommon Valor with Gene Hackman...
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