1926-1967 American engineer and astronaut who was the second American in space during a 1961 suborbital Mercury test flight in the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, which sank in the Atlantic after splashdown (the capsule was recovered in 1999). After earning...

Born April 3, 1926Mitchell, Indiana Died January 27, 1967Kennedy Space Center,Cape Canaveral, Florida American astronaut Gus Grissom. © Frustrated that...

Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was a United States Air Force pilot and a NASA astronaut. A native of Mitchell, Indiana, he was the second American to fly in space. He was killed during a training exercise and test for the...

It suited him An unseemly wrangle over a hero's clothes LIEUTENANT-COLONEL Virgil Ivan Grissom--Gus for short--was lucky enough to be the first man to travel in space twice. He was also unlucky enough to wind up half-drowned and humiliated when his...

Brewers Notes Grissom, Burnitz get break Lopes gives slump-ridden outfielders a day off By DREW OLSON of the Journal Sentinel staff Wednesday, August 30, 2000 Slumping outfielders Marquis Grissom and Jeromy Burnitz, targeted by boo-birds during the Milwaukee...

Today is Saturday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2007. There are 338 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 27, 1967, astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard...

Today is Monday, April 9, the 99th day of 2007. There are 266 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.On this...