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	Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom Name Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom Birth/Death Dates 1926-1967 Where in Indiana Lawrence County--Mitchell When in Indiana Grew-up in Indiana Notable For Grissom attended Mitchell High School and Purdue University. He was an Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and flew combat missions in Korea. He became one of the seven Mercury astronauts selected by NASA in April 1959 and piloted the "Liberty Bell 7" spacecraft in July 1961. This was the final suborbital Mercury test flight of the craft. In March 1965 he was the command pilot on the first manned Gemini flight. He was to serve as command pilot for the first 3-man Apollo flight, but was killed in the Apollo spacecraft flash fire during a launch pad test in January, 1967. Description Grissom is shown wearing his Apollo 1 flight suit. The names of the three Apollo 1 crew members are on the patch under his name. Subject Grissom, Virgil I. Astronauts Air pilots Military air pilots Space programs Space flight Item ID P0196_FOLDER6_GUSGRISSOM Source of Image Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom Collection (P 0196) Digital Collection Notable Hoosiers (DC 010) Bibliography/Notes Information taken from: www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/grissom-vi.html Copyright Notice Digital image © 2005 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
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