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Virgil I. Grissom
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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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Virgil I. Grissom: References & Edit History

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: The Astronauts Memorial Foundation - Virgil Gus Grissom. Nov 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Space.com - Gus Grissom: 2nd American in Space. Jun 25, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 30, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 08, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jan 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Indiana Historical Society - Virgil “Gus” Grissom. Jan 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Indiana Historical Society - Virgil “Gus” Grissom. Nov 10, 2023
Add new Web site: New Mexico Museum of Space History - Virgil I. Grissom. Jun 23, 2023
Add new Web site: Astronautix - Biography of Virgil Ivan 'Gus' Grissom. May 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Apollo1 Memorial Foundation - Biography of Virgil I. Grissom. Apr 03, 2017
Add new Web site: National Aviation Hall of Fame - Biography of Virgil Ivan Grissom. Dec 07, 2016
Add new Web site: Astronaut Scholarship Foundation - Biography of Virgil I. Grissom. Dec 07, 2016
Add new Web site: New Mexico Museum of Space History - VIRGIL I. GRISSOM. Feb 25, 2014
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Virgil Ivan Grissom. Dec 28, 2012
Video of Gemini 3 flight added. May 26, 2010
Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - Biography of Gus Grissom. Apr 30, 2009
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Biography of Gus Grissom. Apr 08, 2009
Media added. Jun 20, 2008
Media added. Jul 18, 2007
Article revised. Feb 08, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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