Virgil Ivan Grissom
"Gus"
Born: 3 April 1926, Mitchell, Indiana, United States
Nationality: American
Died: 27 January 1967 (Apollo 1 fire)
Group: NASA Group 1 (2 April 1959)
Status: Deceased
| FAI Flights: | |||
| 1 | Liberty Bell 7 | 21 July 1961 | 15 minutes, 37 seconds |
| 2 | Gemini 3 | 23 March 1965 | 4 hours, 52 minutes, 31 seconds |
Education
BS (Mechanical Engineering), Purdue University
Apollo 1 was scheduled for launch on 21 February 1967. Grissom died in a fire during a flight rehearsal.
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