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Gus Grissom

1926 - 1967

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Virgil 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 Mercury Seven selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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 USAF test pilot. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gus Grissom is the 40th most popular astronaut (down from 24th in 2019), the 2,016th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,450th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Gus Grissom ranks 40 out of 556. Before him are Jim Lovell, David Scott, Mark Kelly, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Pavel Popovich, and Valery Bykovsky. After him are Ilan Ramon, James Irwin, Henry Hartsfield, Roger B. Chaffee, Shannon Lucid, and Georgy Dobrovolsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Gus Grissom ranks 105. Before him are Francisco Rabal, László Papp, Cloris Leachman, Kim Jong-pil, James Stirling, and Alan Greenspan. After him are Joshua Fishman, Shohei Imamura, John Berger, Joachim Fest, Poul Anderson, and Roger Corman. Among people deceased in 1967, Gus Grissom ranks 67. Before him are Carson McCullers, Julien Duvivier, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Tom Simpson, Zinaida Serebriakova, and Léon M'ba. After him are Tamara Bunke, Julius Schaub, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, Géza Lakatos, Günther Blumentritt, and Marcel Aymé.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gus Grissom ranks 2,016 out of 20,380. Before him are Clive Cussler (1931), Scott Wilson (1942), Percy Spencer (1894), Henry Hathaway (1898), Gillian Anderson (1968), and Roman Reigns (1985). After him are Wes Studi (1947), Joshua Fishman (1926), Wilton Daniel Gregory (1947), Venus Williams (1980), Dennis Rodman (1961), and Joe Mantegna (1947).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Gus Grissom ranks 28. Before him are William C. McCool (1961), Edgar Mitchell (1930), Jim Lovell (1928), David Scott (1932), Mark Kelly (1964), and Margaret Rhea Seddon (1947). After him are James Irwin (1930), Henry Hartsfield (1933), Roger B. Chaffee (1935), Alan Bean (1932), Charles Duke (1935), and Don L. Lind (1930).

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