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Gemini III: 60 Years Since First U.S. Two-Person Flight
On March 23, 1965, the United States launched the Gemini III spacecraft with astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young ...
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'Apollo 1' director surprised by details of ill-fated mission in new documentary
The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad.
The strange historical saga of an astronaut’s forbidden sandwich
Astronaut John W. Young caused beef between NASA and congress by smuggling an illicit sandwich onto a space mission.The ...
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Gemini III, First Crewed Gemini Flight Lifts Off from Cape Canaveral in 1965
The first crewed Gemini flight, Gemini III, lifted off of Launch Pad 19 in Cape Canaveral on March 23, 1965. [...] ...
On this date: NASA selects developer of Mercury spacecraft
Alan Shepard and Virgil “Gus” Grissom. This was a significant step in the early days of space exploration, as it involved the ...
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Wendell Grissom is first Oklahoman executed in 2025
Wendell Grissom was the first Oklahoman to receive the death penalty in 2025. Grissom died by lethal injection Thursday ...
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Space Tragedies
Everyone knew it would happen one day, spaceman Virgil “Gus” Grissom knew. Virgil “Gus” Grissom: “My crew has been serving the nation and serving the country, and here is another ...
Oklahoma executes Wendell Arden Grissom for 2005 'senseless' murder of Amber Dawn Matthews
Wendell Arden Grissom was executed by lethal injection Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in the state's first ...