Gus Grissom(1926-1967)

Gus Grissom was born on 3 April 1926 in Mitchell, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Apollo 1 (2025) and Project Gemini: Bridge to the Moon (2008). He was married to Betty Grissom. He died on 27 January 1967 in Cape Kennedy, Florida, USA.

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One of America's original seven Mercury astronauts selected in 1959; he was the second American to fly in outer space (21 July 1961), and the first man to fly in space twice.

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If we die, we want people to accept it. We're 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.

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