Gus Grissom

Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.

Lieutenant Colonel Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom was one of the seven original National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Project Mercury astronauts, and the first of the Mercury Seven to die. He was also a Project Gemini and an Apollo program astronaut. Grissom was the second American to fly in space, and the first member of the NASA Astronaut Corps to fly in space twice. In addition, Grissom was a World War II and Korean War veteran, U.S. Air Force test pilot, and a mechanical engineer. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal with an oak leaf cluster, a two-time recipient of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and, posthumously, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Mitchell

Education

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; Purdue University; Mitchell High School

Awards

National Aviation Hall of Fame; International Space Hall of Fame; Congressional Space Medal of Honor; NASA Exceptional Service Medal; NASA Distinguished Service Medal; and 3 more

From Wikidata.

• Saturn IB | Apollo 1 (Failure before launch)Command Pilot · Failure · with Ed White, Roger B. ChaffeeJanuary 27, 1967 · 23:31 UTC
• Titan II GLV | Gemini IIICommand Pilot · Success · with John YoungMarch 23, 1965
• Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 4Pilot · SuccessJuly 21, 1961