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Virgil Ivan Grissom
"Gus"

Virgil Grissom

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
21 July 1961
15 minutes, 37 seconds
2
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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