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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.
Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (Mitchell, 3 de abril de 1926 — Cabo Kennedy, 27 de janeiro de 1967) foi um astronauta e piloto da Força Aérea dos Estados Unidos, integrante do primeiro grupo de sete astronautas do Projeto Mercury, o primeiro Programa espacial dos Estados Unidos.
3 de abr. de 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.
21 de mai. 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.
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.
27 de jul. de 2022 · Virgil Ivan Grissom, mais conhecido como por Gus Grissom, foi um piloto selecionado pela para ser um dos primeiros estadunidenses a ir ao espaço sideral. Membro do Corpo de Astronautas da NASA, Grissom foi o segundo norte-americano a voar no espaço duas vezes.
28 de jan. de 2014 · Virgil "Gus" Grissom was a NASA astronaut who flew twice in space and was selected to command the first Apollo manned mission as well.
