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Gus Grissom
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American astronaut (1926–1967)
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Gus Grissom, born on April 3, 1926, and died on January 27, 1967. His full name is Virgil Ivan Grissom. He spent 307 units of time in space.
Grissom is associated with five works. He is referenced by 463 other encyclopedia articles.
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 7
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The fifth edition of the addiction severity index
· 1992 · cited 3,462x
- Global causes of blindness and distance vision impairment 1990–2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis
· 2017 · cited 2,924x
- Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study
· 2021 · cited 2,546x
- The high-throughput highway to computational materials design
· 2013 · cited 1,867x
- Magnitude, temporal trends, and projections of the global prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
· 2017 · cited 1,731x
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Quotes
- “If we die we want people to accept it. We are in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us, it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life. Our God-given curiosity will force us to go there ourselves because in the final analysis, only man can fully evaluate the moon in terms understandable to other men.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Virgil Ivan Grissom , ( 1926-04-03 ) April 3, 1926, Mitchell, Indiana , U.S.
- Died
- January 27, 1967 (1967-01-27) (aged 40), Cape Kennedy , Florida, U.S.
- Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Education
- Purdue University ( BS ), Air University ( BS )
- Spouse
- Betty Lavonne Moore ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1945 )
- Awards
- Distinguished Flying Cross Congressional Space Medal of Honor NASA Distinguished Service Medal
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel , USAF
- Time in space
- 5h 7m
- Selection
- NASA Group 1 (1959)
- Missions
- Mercury-Redstone 4 Gemini 3 Apollo 1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Mercury Seven
- Given name
- Gus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Mitchell
- Place of death
- Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 34
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- NASA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- Korean War
- Military branch
- United States Air Force
- Military rank
- lieutenant colonel
- Image
- VirgilGrissom.NASA.ws.jpg
- Significant event
- sub-orbital spaceflight
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- Commons category
- Gus Grissom
- cause of death
- smoke inhalation injury
- date of birth
- 1926-04-03
- date of death
- 1967-01-27
- P450
- Gemini 3
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- manner of death
- accidental death
- Commons gallery
- Virgil Ivan Grissom
- time in space
- 307
- member of
- NASA
- member of the crew of
- Apollo 1
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Encyclopedic overview
Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was an American astronaut, and one of the original Mercury Seven selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Project Mercury, a program to train and launch astronauts into outer space. Grissom went on to be a Project Gemini and Apollo program astronaut for NASA. As a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps, Grissom was the second American to fly in space in 1961. He was also the second American to fly in space twice, preceded only by Joe Walker with his sub-orbital X-15 flights.
Grissom was a World War II and Korean War veteran, mechanical engineer, and United States Air Force test pilot. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with an oak leaf cluster, two NASA Distinguished Service Medals, and, posthumously, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
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