Gus Grissom
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 57 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 3,1926 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Mitchell |
| Indiana | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | January 27,1967 |
| Died | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station |
| Florida | |
| United States | |
| Space missions | Apollo 1, Gemini 3, Mercury-Redstone 4 |
| Apollo 1, Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini 3 | |
| Apollo 1 | |
| Mercury-Redstone 4 | |
| Gemini 3 | |
| Height | 165 (cm) |
| Spouse | Betty Grissom |
| Children | Mark Grissom |
| Scott Grissom | |
| Job | Astronaut |
| Veteran | |
| Airman | |
| Education | Purdue University |
| Mitchell High School | |
| Air Force Institute of Technology | |
| Awards | John J. Montgomery Award |
| Congressional Space Medal of Honor | |
| Parents | Cecile King Grissom |
| Dennis Grissom | |
| Siblings | Lowell Grissom |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 450127 |
Gus Grissom Life story
Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom was an American engineer, pilot in the United States Air Force, and member of the Mercury Seven selected by National Aeronautics and Space Administration's as Project Mercury astronauts to be the first Americans in outer space. He was a Project Gemini and an Apollo program astronaut.
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