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Bookmark or Share- New Evidence Shows That Gus Grissom Did Not Accidentally Sink His Own ...How did Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom, after a near-perfect flight on just the second U.S. space mission, inadvertently “blow” the escape hatch prematurely on his Liberty Bell 7 capsule, causing...
- Apollo 1 tragedy: The fatal fire and its aftermath - Astronomy MagazineAstronauts Gus Grissom (left), Ed White (middle), and Roger Chaffee (right), died on Jan. 27, 1967, during a flash fire inside the Apollo 1 crew capsule during a launch test rehearsal.
- The Tragic Death Of Astronaut Gus Grissom - GrungeAs NASA reports, on January 27, 1967, a fire during a preflight test for the Apollo 1 mission took the lives of astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee. In the story of NASA, one of the worst disasters in the department's history happened on solid ground.
- Gus Grissom - WikipediaVirgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was an American engineer and pilot in the United States Air Force, as well as one of the original men, the Mercury Seven, selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for Project Mercury, a program to train and launch astronauts into outer space.
- Gus Grissom: Life and legacy of the 'forgotten' Hoosier astronautTragically, Grissom, with fellow astronauts Roger Chaffee and Edward White, was killed in an accidental fire during an Apollo 1 test on a launch pad 50 years ago, Jan. 27. Tragic as it was, its...
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