Gus Grissom
American engineer and pilot
Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom was an American engineer and pilot in the United States Air Force, as well as one of the original seven men, the Mercury Seven, selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for Project Mercury, a program... Wikipedia
Born: April 3, 1926, Mitchell, IN
Died: January 27, 1967 (age 40 years), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL
Space missions: Apollo 1, Mercury-Redstone 4, and Gemini 3
Spouse: Betty Grissom (m. 1945–1967)
First space flight: Mercury-Redstone 4
Children: Mark Grissom and Scott Grissom
Education: Purdue University (1950), Air Force Institute of Technology, and Mitchell High School