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Virgil I. Grissom: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Virgil Ivan Grissom • Gus Grissom
Born April 3, 1926 • Indiana
Died January 27, 1967 (aged 40) • Cape Canaveral • Florida

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Virgil I. Grissom, 1964.
Astronauts John W. Young (left) and Virgil I. Grissom inside their Gemini 3 spacecraft awaiting blastoff from Cape Kennedy on March 23, 1965. They successfully orbited the Earth three times in the first U.S. two-man spaceflight.
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