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«Gus» Grissom fue el segundo astronauta estadounidense durante los vuelos del Proyecto Mercury, integrante del grupo conocido como «Mercury Seven», los primeros astronautas estadounidenses, [1] y una de las tres primeras víctimas de la carrera espacial estadounidense, junto a Edward White y Roger Chaffee en el incendio del Apolo 1.
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 men, the Mercury Seven, selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for Project Mercury, a program to train and launch astronauts into outer space.
3 de abr. de 2024 · Learn about the life and achievements of Virgil I. Grissom, one of the seven Mercury astronauts selected by NASA in 1959. He flew the first crewed Gemini mission and was command pilot for the first Apollo mission, but died in a launch pad fire in 1967.
21 de may. de 2024 · Virgil I. Grissom was the second U.S. astronaut to travel in space and the command pilot of the ill-fated Apollo 1 crew. He and his fellow astronauts Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee were killed, becoming the first casualties of the U.S. space program, when a flash fire swept their space.
17 de ago. de 2021 · El 27 de enero de 1967 Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Roger Chaffee y Edward White, elegidos para tripular la primera misión espacial de la NASA, murieron por inhalar monóxido de carbono cuando ...
Lieutenant Colonel Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom had been part of the U.S. manned space program since it began in 1959, having been selected as one of NASA's Original Seven Mercury Astronauts. His second space flight on Gemini III earned him the distinction of being the first man to fly in space twice.
3 de feb. de 2022 · The nation’s Moon landing program suffered a shocking setback on Jan. 27, 1967, with the deaths of Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee in a flash fire aboard their spacecraft during a ground test on the launch pad.
