A member of the Mercury Seven – the original seven astronauts selected in 1959 by NASA for the United States’ first attempt at manned spaceflight – Virgil “Gus” Grissom was a true aerospace pioneer.

The known and unknown perils of space stayed their hand last week as the U.S. shot a second man into space with almost clockwork success. What made the second flight less successful than the first ...

Virgil "Gus" Grissom grew up in Mitchell, Indiana and went on to become one NASA's first astronauts. Indiana astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom, who grew up in tiny Mitchell, Indiana, and went on to ...