Grissom, Gus

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Grissom, Gus (1926-1967)

US astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee (left to right). The crew are seen here standing in front of Space Launch Complex 34. During a training exercise their command module caught fire and they were killed.

US astronaut. One of the ‘Original Seven’ astronauts selected in 1959, Grissom flew the second Mercury sub-orbital mission in July 1961, and commanded the first crewed Gemini mission, Gemini 3, in March 1965. He died in the Apollo 1 spacecraft fire in January 1967.

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