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	Gus Grissom vs. the Media: Victim or Hero?
		Gus went to his grave unflaggingly insisting that he did not "screw the pooch," which was test pilot jargon for submitting to panic.
		A tragic end to the less-than-enviable career of Gus Grissom, who even in death was pilloried by the press and Congress, who held a congressional inquiry as to the cause of the accident.
		Grissom would have had to have been a "contortionist" to have reached the particular wire and create enough force to move it.
	datamanos2.com /apollo1/grissom-media.html (1745 words)

	Gus Grissom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Grissom is also honored in his hometown of Mitchell with a small museum, which includes his Gemini 3 spacecraft and flight suit, and a limestone carving of the Titan II rocket that launched the Gemini flight.
		Gus Grissom is the Class Exemplar of the United States Air Force Academy's class of 2007.
		Grissom was depicted in the movie The Right Stuff (1983) by Fred Ward, in the movie Apollo 13 (1995) by Steve Bernie, and in the TV mini-series From the Earth to the Moon (1998) by Mark Rolston.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gus_Grissom (1744 words)

	Gus Grissom - Project Mercury Liberty Bell 7 space history - Gus Grissom spaceflight
		Grissom choose the name Liberty Bell 7 as the most appropriate call-sign for his bell-shaped capsule, because the name was to Americans almost synonymous with "freedom" and numerically symbolic of the continuous teamwork it represented.
		Grissom later admitted at the postflight debriefing that he was "a bit scared" at liftoff, but he added that he soon gained confidence along with the g buildup.
		Grissom expressed his opinion in an interview on April 12, 1965, that he believed the premature hatch explosion was caused by the exterior lanyard being loose.
	www.thespaceplace.com /history/mercury/mercury04.html (2578 words)

	Astronaut Scholarship Foundation: Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom
		Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, one of America's original Mercury Seven astronauts, flew the second U.S. manned space flight, commanded the first two-man Gemini mission and was scheduled to command the first Apollo flight when he died in a tragic launch pad fire.
		Grissom was selected by NASA as one of the original seven Mercury astronauts in 1959.
		Grissom died along with astronauts Edward White II and Roger Chaffee in a fire that engulfed their Apollo I capsule during a launch pad test on Jan.
	www.astronautscholarship.org /grissom.html (259 words)

	Vette Magazine
		Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom was one of the original seven astronauts, and like many of his colleagues, he also embraced the excitement inherent with driving a Corvette.
		Grissom’s career was distinguished: he was the second American into space and the first American to enter outer space twice while at the helm of Gemini I. Grissom wryly named the capsule (The Unsinkable) “Molly Brown” in reference to the Liberty Bell 7 that was lost at sea during his Mercury mission.
		Grissom and Shepard were some of the biggest gearheads of the bunch, and they played with their cars the hardest—constantly tinkering with their Vettes in an ongoing effort to one-up each other.
	www.gusgrissomcorvette.com /vette_magazine.htm (1161 words)

	Virgil "Gus" Grissom
		Lieutenant Colonel Grissom was one of the original seven Mercury astronauts selected by NASA in 1959.
		Grissom had flown 100 combat missions with the 334th Fighter Interceptor Squadron in Korea and earned both the Air Medal with cluster and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
		Virgil "Gus" Grissom made the ultimate sacrifice and lost his life in service to the nation and the space program on January 27, 1967 at 40 years of age.
	www.amfcse.org /honor/grissom.htm (179 words)

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		Gus Grissom had missed out on the opportunity to be the first American in space; he had been selected to fly the second flight.
		Grissom was so exhausted that he could not even remember that the chopper had to drag him fifteen feet across the water before he finally started going up.
		Grissom greatly valued being home with his family, stating that "it sure helped to spend a quiet evening with your wife and children in your own living room." (38) Betty accommodated his hectic schedule by completing major chores and errands during the week so weekends would be free for family activities.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/Apollo204/zorn/grissom.htm (6297 words)

	Indiana Historical Society
		Grissom's explanation of "I was lying there, flat on my back--and it just blew," was met, according to Wolfe, by a healthy amount of skepticism from space-agency officials and Grissom's test-pilot brethren.
		Wolfe's assertions about Grissom's panicky behavior after the Mercury flight and the depiction of Grissom in the movie as a bit of an oaf were met with anger by Mitchell residents, who had turned out by the thousands to cheer their local hero at a special Memorial Day parade following his Gemini flight in 1965.
		Grissom was given a hero's burial at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, with the service broadcast nationwide on television.
	www.indianahistory.org /pop_hist/people/grissom.html (3797 words)

	[FPSPACE] Gus Grissom Spacesuit fracas
		Gus Grissom, they said, checked it out in the 1960s for show and tell at one of his son's classes and never returned it.
		Gus Grissom's family doesn't dispute that he took the suit, along with the helmet, shoes and gloves, for show and tell.
		Grissom's brief Mercury flight 41 years ago was marred when the hatch on his Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft inexplicably blew off and the capsule sank.
	www.friends-partners.org /pipermail/fpspace/2002-November/006361.html (668 words)

	Virgil "Gus" Grissom
		Lieutenant Colonel Grissom was one of the original seven Mercury astronauts selected by NASA in 1959.
		Grissom had flown 100 combat missions with the 334th Fighter Interceptor Squadron in Korea and earned both the Air Medal with cluster and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
		Virgil "Gus" Grissom made the ultimate sacrifice and lost his life in service to the nation and the space program on January 27, 1967 at 40 years of age.
	amfcse.org /honor/grissom.htm (179 words)

	Grissom, Virgil "Gus" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Description: Gus Grissom was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force before joining NASA in the first astronaut group, the "Original 7" in 1959.
		Grissom next was the command pilot on the first flight of the two man Gemini program in 1965.
		Grissom was a model astronaut and one of only two astronauts to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs.
	www.themosh.org /psd2003/flightatoz/showtopic.asp?id=264 (167 words)

	SPACE.com -- Gus Grissom's Family, NASA Fight Over Spacesuit
		Grissom's widow and son canceled a trip to the space museum Tuesday to collect about 15 personal and professional items that had belonged to Grissom, including a mission patch and a distinguished service medal, museum officials said.
		Grissom has with NASA," said retired astronaut Jim Lovell, the Apollo 13 commander who is now chairman of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation which secured the loan agreements with the families when it was running the Hall of Fame.
		The Grissom pressure suit is the one he wore on his suborbital flight aboard the Liberty Bell 7 space capsule on July 21, 1961.
	www.space.com /news/grissom_spacesuit_021120.html (984 words)

	Gus Grissom Astronaut Tributes, Mitchell, Indiana
		Gus Grissom's spacesuit was out for cleaning when we visited the Grissom Memorial Museum -- but we saw his helmet and gloves.
		Gus Grissom's home town of Mitchell, Indiana, honors its most famous son in ways suited to a guy who seemed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
		On a backdrop of a rippling American flag are a paddlewheel steamboat, a school bus, empty railroad tracks, and the Gus Grissom limestone rocket memorial.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /attract/INMITgusgrissom.html (752 words)

	40th Anniversary of Mercury 7: Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom
		Grissom discovered that he was one of 110 military test pilots whose credentials had earned them an invitation to learn more about the space program in general and Project Mercury in particular.
		Gus Grissom had missed out on the opportunity to be the first American in space; he had been selected to fly the second flight.
		Grissom was so exhausted that he could not even remember that the chopper had to drag him fifteen feet across the water before he finally started going up.
	history.nasa.gov /40thmerc7/grissom.htm (6349 words)

	CNN.com - NASA, Grissom widow spar over spacesuit - Dec. 3, 2002
		Relatives the late Gus Grissom picked up more than a dozen of the astronaut's personal belongings from a Florida space museum, but a legal dispute with NASA prevented them from reclaiming his spacesuit.
		Grissom got the suit from a NASA storage facility in 1962 and it has been in the family's possession for decades.
		If the Grissoms can work out a compromise regarding the suit, they say it would be the first thawing of the ice between the family and NASA since Grissom died 35 years ago.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/TECH/space/11/25/grissom.spacesuit/index.html (494 words)

	SPACE.com -- Gus Grissom didn't sink the Liberty Bell 7 Mercury capsule
		To detonate the ordnance, either Grissom would have to firmly bang his wrist on a plunger inside the capsule, or a diver greeting the spacecraft in the water could move a small panel on the outside and pull on a T-shaped handle.
		Nevertheless, rumors began to circulate that Grissom was somehow at fault, leaving a blemish on his career that continued even after he perished in 1967 during the Apollo 1 fire along with Ed White and Roger Chaffee.
		Grissom himself reported seeing a small hole in the chute that Wendt said approximated the size of the access panel, or shingle.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/missions/liberty_bell_000617.html (1174 words)

	Virgil Ivan Gus Grissom
		Grissom was raised in Mitchell, Ind., the oldest of four children.
		After undergoing a rigorous screening process, Grissom was chosen as one of the first seven astronauts in 1959.
		Grissom was married to Betty Moore in 1945; the couple had two children.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0886857.html (240 words)

	Astronaut Bio: Virgil I. Grissom (Site not responding. Last check: )
		NASA EXPERIENCE: Grissom was one of the seven Mercury astronauts selected by NASA in April 1959.
		Grissom was named to serve as command pilot for the AS-204 mission, the first 3-man Apollo flight
		Lieutenant Colonel Grissom died on January 27, 1967, in the Apollo spacecraft flash fire during a launch pad test at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
	www.jsc.nasa.gov /Bios/htmlbios/grissom-vi.html (364 words)

	Gus Grissom - EnchantedLearning.com
		Grissom flew the second manned US space flight, commanded the first two-man Gemini mission, and was killed along with Edward White II and Roger Chaffee in a launch pad fire during a test for the upcoming first Apollo flight, which Grissom was scheduled to command.
		In 1959, Grissom was chosen by NASA as one of the original seven Mercury astronauts.
		Grissom was later chosen to be the commander of the first Apollo mission (Apollo 1).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/page/g/grissom.shtml (351 words)

	USATODAY.com - Film director plans documentary on astronaut Grissom (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The focus of the documentary is to take viewers through Grissom's life, starting with Mitchell, Ind., his birthplace, and ending with the tragedy that took his life Jan. 27, 1967.
		Included will be excerpts from Grissom's family history, Air Force career, Korean War experience, test pilot days and his selection as a NASA astronaut in 1959, said Estabrook, who became a friend of Grissom's son, Scott Grissom, through their mutual interests as pilots.
		Gus Grissom, a veteran of Mercury and Gemini missions; Lt. Col.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2005-01-19-grissom-documentary_x.htm (528 words)

	Gus Grissom "What If..." - collectSPACE: Messages
		My opinion is that Schirra would have gotten 205 and Grissom would have been assigned to the more difficult D mission with the first flight of the LM.
		However, it's entirely possible considering Grissom's engineering expertise he may have been assigned the first Apollo flight in the belief that he would have gotten Apollo back on track sooner than Schirra.
		Gus has already done a long duration flight in this "what if" so why have him to another one and upset the rotation.
	www.collectspace.com /ubb/Forum38/HTML/000182.html (520 words)

	Joe Orman's Photo Pages - Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Grissom was rescued, but the capsule sank, coming to rest on the sea floor 3 miles below the surface.
		Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom (1926 - 1967) was the second American in space as one of NASA's original seven Mercury Astronauts (1961).
		Grissom was not at fault - and, in fact, every astronaut that did subsequently blown the hatch themselves (Glenn, Schirra, etc) received a bruise on their right hand, which Grissom never had.
	pages.prodigy.net /pam.orman/joespace/Space_libertybell.html (342 words)

	Boggs SpaceBooks®--New and Used Space Books (Books on the History of Space Exploration)
		Author Ray E. Boomhower explores Grissom’s life from his days as a child to his service as a combat pilot.
		He delves into the process by which NASA selected its original seven Mercury astronauts, the jostling for position to be the first American in space, and Grissom’s near-fatal Liberty Bell 7 flight that haunted his subsequent space career.
		Boomhower spent hours interviewing Grissom’s family and friends, including his wife Betty, who were all more than eager to talk about the astronaut, sharing in the belief that this story is one worth telling to a new generation that knows little about his illustrious career.
	www.boggsspace.com (1591 words)

	USATODAY.com - 15-year-old girl fights for Gus Grissom's Mercury space suit (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Relations between Grissom's wife, Betty, and NASA have been uneasy since he and two other Apollo 1 astronauts died in a 1967 command module fire during a training exercise.
		Grissom wore the suit during his Mercury mission, in which his spacecraft landed in the ocean but sank after a hatch prematurely blew.
		When Scott Grissom phoned, Amanda's mother was so excited she pulled Amanda out of school to return the call.
	usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-08-28-space-girl-grissom_x.htm?csp=34 (865 words)

	Gus Grissom
		Gus Grissom was an American astronaut who was born on April 3, 1926, in Indiana.
		Before he became an astronaut, Grissom served as a fighter pilot in the Korean War.
		Grissom was one of three astronauts to be killed in the Apollo 1 fire in 1967.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/people/astronauts/grissom.html (168 words)

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