Foto Gus Grissom
Jan Kowalski Gus Grissom
Geburtsdatum 03.04.1926
Sterbedatum 27.01.1967
Nationalität American
Weltraumagentur National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Status Während des Trainings verloren
Astronautentyp Staatliche Agentur
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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.