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Brother Virgil “Gus” Grissom<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 3rd 1926 \u2013 January 27th 1967<\/p>\n

Member of:<\/p>\n

Mitchell Lodge # 228<\/a> Mitchell, Indiana<\/p>\n

One of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts<\/a>, a United States Air Force<\/a> test pilot and a mechanical engineer. He was the second American to fly in space, and the first member of the NASA Astronaut Corps to fly in space twice.<\/p>\n

Brother Grissom was killed along with fellow astronauts Ed White<\/a> and Roger Chaffee<\/a> during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1<\/a> mission at\u00a0\u00a0 Cape Kennedy, Florida. He was the first of the Mercury Seven<\/a> to die. He was also a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross<\/a> and, posthumously, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mercury 4<\/p>\n

\"Mercury<\/p>\n

Gemini 3<\/p>\n

\"Gemini<\/p>\n

Gus Grissom Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

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Brother Virgil “Gus” Grissom April 3rd 1926 \u2013 January 27th 1967 Member of: Mitchell Lodge # 228 Mitchell, Indiana One of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts, a United States Air Force test pilot and a mechanical engineer. He was the second American to fly in space, and the first member of the NASA Astronaut […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

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Brother Gus Grissom<\/p>

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