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Virgil Ivan „Gus“ Grissom (* 3. April 1926 in Mitchell, Indiana; † 27. Januar 1967 in Cape Canaveral, Florida) war ein US-amerikanischer Astronaut. Er war nach Alan Shepard der zweite US-Amerikaner und dritte Mensch im Weltraum und auch der erste Mensch, der zweimal in den Weltraum reiste.
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. Apr. 2024 · Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom was one of NASA’s first seven astronauts, flew the first crewed mission of the Gemini Program, and was named to serve as command pilot for the AS-204 mission, the first 3-man Apollo flight. Quick Facts. On March 23, 1965, Grissom served as command pilot on the first manned Gemini Flight.
Vor 4 Tagen · 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.
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. Feb. 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.
Virgil Grissom, der als zweiter der Mercury-Astronauten startete, benannte seine „Liberty Bell 7“ nach jener Glocke, die 1776 geläutet wurde, als erstmals die Amerikanische Unabhängigkeitserklärung verlesen wurde. Auf die Kapsel war ein weißer Riss gemalt worden, wie ihn auch das namensgebende Nationalsymbol hat. Dieser kleine Scherz ...
