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	Search results for First > Nasa    Refine your search Subject Astronauts (4) Grissom, Virgil I, 192... (4) Glenn, John A, jr, 192... (1) Grissom, Virgil I -- P... (1) Project Apollo (U.s) (1) Show more... Format of Original Photographic Print, B&... (4) Tiff (1) Date 1961 (1) 1961-07-21 (1) 1964-01-01 (1) 1966-03-21 (1) ca 1959 (1) results 1-5 of 5 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Primary and Secondary Crews for First Gemini Mission Astronauts; Schirra, Walter W., Jr., 1923-2007; Stafford, Thomas P., 1930-; Grissom, Virgil I., 1926-1967; Young, John W., 1930- Due to an illness suffered by Shepard, NASA named Grissom the commander of the first Gemini mission. Flying with Grissom on the two-man spacecraft was John Young, a rookie astronaut. Schirra and Thomas... 2. Apollo 1 Crew Grissom, Virgil I.--Photographs; Chaffee, Roger B., 1935-1967.--Photographs; White, Edward Higgins, 1930-1967.--Photographs; Project Apollo (U.S.) On March 21, 1966, NASA announced that Grissom would command the first flight of the Apollo spacecraft--the ship that would take American astronauts to the moon and back. Joining Grissom on the crew were... 3. Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom Grissom, Virgil I., 1926-1967; Astronauts Born and raised in Mitchell, Indiana, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, became one of the original seven astronauts for the American space program in April 1959. Grissom graduated from Purdue University with a... 4. Grissom and "Liberty Bell 7" Spacecraft Grissom, Virgil I., 1926-1967; Astronauts As Glenn inspects the capsule, Grissom prepares to make his suborbital flight onboard the "Liberty Bell 7" spacecraft on July 21, 1961. Grissom's fifteen minute, thirty-seven-second flight went off without... 5. Astronauts Glenn, Grissom, and Shepard Astronauts; Grissom, Virgil I., 1926-1967; Glenn, John A., Jr., 1921-; Shepard, Alan B., 1923-1998 On January 19, 1961, Robert Gilruth, head of Project Mercury, informed the astronauts that Shepard would be the first American in space. Grissom was selected to make the second flight, while Glenn served... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-5 of 5 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next
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