| Name: Grissom, Virgil "Gus" | Country: USA | M/F: M | Number of Flights: 2* |
| Space Flights | Launch Date - Rocket No. | Landing Date - Rocket No. |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Liberty Bell 7 | July 21, 1961 - Redstone 8 | July 21, 1961 - Redstone 8 |
| 2. Gemini 3 | March 23, 1965 - GLV-3 | March 23, 1965 - GLV-3 |
| Space Flights | Date of Preflight Test (Fire) | Planned Launch Date |
| Apollo 1 (Died)* | January 27, 1967 - AS-204 | February 21, 1967 - AS-204 |
| Space Flights | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| Mercury-Redstone 3A (Cancelled) |
Proposed Backup Crew The first manned flight of the Redstone launch vehicle was delayed for an additional test flight (MR-BD) after problems with the Redstone launch vehicle developed during the MR-2 test flight. |
| Freedom 7 (Mercury-Redstone 3) |
Backup Pilot for Freedom 7 Mercury-Redstone 3 used Spacecraft 7 (Freedom 7) |
| 1. Liberty Bell 7 (Mercury-Redstone 4) |
Second suborbital flight Spacecraft-11 (Liberty Bell 7) sank into the Atlantic ocean after splashdown and was recovered on July 20, 1999 over 30 years later. |
| Mercury-Atlas 11 (Cancelled) |
Proposed Prime Crew Mercury-Atlas 11 would have been the third one-day flight using Spacecraft 12B. It was cancelled since the Mercury program was behind schedule. It would have been difficult to fly more than two one-day flights before the mandated end of the Mercury program at the end of 1963. |
| 2. Gemini 3 | First manned Gemini spaceflight The Gemini spacecraft was nicknamed the "Molly Brown" in honor of Virgil Grissom. |
| Gemini 6A (Backup Crew) |
Rendezvous with Gemini 7 |
| Apollo 1 / AS-204 (Cancelled) |
Prime Crew for the first Apollo C mission The crew died when a fire swept through the Apollo CSM-102 spacecraft during a preflight test for the Apollo AS-204 mission, one month before launch. The mission was renamed Apollo 1 at the request of Grissom's widow. |
| * Apollo 1 doesn't count as a flight for Grissom |
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| Two Spaceflights | Mercury Program | Apollo Program |
Updated - June 10, 2006