Gus Grissom

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astronaut human military officer test pilot

Gus Grissom was an early NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force test pilot who became the second American to fly in space and later commanded the first crewed Gemini mission.

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Label Occurrences
Gus Grissom canonical 16
Virgil I. Grissom 14
Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronaut ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
Apollo1Crewmate Ed White ⓘ
Roger B. Chaffee ⓘ
awarded Air Medal ⓘ
Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ
Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
birthDate 1926-04-03 ⓘ
birthPlace Mitchell, Indiana ⓘ
surface form: Mitchell, Indiana, United States
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath asphyxiation in spacecraft fire ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1967-01-27 ⓘ
deathManner accidental death ⓘ
deathPlace Cape Canaveral ⓘ
surface form: Cape Kennedy, Florida, United States
diedDuring Apollo 1 ground test ⓘ
educatedIn mechanical engineering ⓘ
education Purdue University ⓘ
employer NASA ⓘ
fullName Gus Grissom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Virgil Ivan Grissom
Gemini3Crewmate John W. Young ⓘ
givenName Virgil ⓘ
hasMemorial Grissom Air Museum ⓘ
hasNamesake USS Grissom (fictional starship in Star Trek) ⓘ
Virgil I. Grissom Municipal Airport ⓘ
memberOf NASA Astronaut Group 1 ⓘ
NASA Astronaut Group 1 ⓘ
surface form: Original Seven Mercury astronauts
militaryBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ
missionName Mercury-Redstone 4 ⓘ
surface form: Liberty Bell 7
nickname Gus ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation astronaut ⓘ
fighter pilot ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spaceflightRole command pilot of Gemini 3 ⓘ
commander of Apollo 1 ⓘ
pilot of Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7) ⓘ
spaceMission Apollo 1 ⓘ
Gemini 3 ⓘ
Mercury-Redstone 4 ⓘ
spouse Betty Grissom ⓘ
testPilotAt Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
wasFighterPilotIn Korean War ⓘ
wasSecondAmericanInSpace true ⓘ
wasSelectedAsAstronaut 1959 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mercury program → astronaut → Gus Grissom ⓘ
Purdue University → hasNotableAlumnus → Gus Grissom ⓘ
Harmon Trophy → notableRecipient → Gus Grissom ⓘ
Congressional Space Medal of Honor → awardedTo → Gus Grissom ⓘ
Congressional Space Medal of Honor → awardedTo → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. Grissom
The Right Stuff → featuresCharacter → Gus Grissom ⓘ
Apollo 1 → commander → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. Grissom
Apollo 1 → commandPilot → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. Grissom
Apollo 1 → crewMember → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. Grissom
Apollo 1 → casualty → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. Grissom
Gemini 3 → commander → Gus Grissom ⓘ
Gemini 3 → crewMember → Gus Grissom ⓘ
Redstone rocket → launchedAstronaut → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. Grissom
Mercury Seven → member → Gus Grissom ⓘ
Mercury spacecraft → secondAstronautCarried → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. Grissom
Gus Grissom → fullName → Gus Grissom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil Ivan Grissom
Mercury-Redstone 4 → crewMember → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom
Mercury-Redstone 4 → commander → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom
Roger B. Chaffee → crewMate → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. Grissom
LC-19 → associatedWithAstronaut → Gus Grissom ⓘ
Virgil I. Grissom Municipal Airport → namedAfter → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. Grissom
Virgil I. Grissom Municipal Airport → namedAfter → Gus Grissom ⓘ
LC-34 → victimOfEvent → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. Grissom
AS-204 → commander → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. Grissom
AS-204 → astronaut → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. Grissom
AS-204 → fatality → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. Grissom
Apollo 1 Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery → commemorates → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil I. Grissom
Mitchell, Indiana → hasAttraction → Gus Grissom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gus Grissom Memorial
Mitchell, Indiana → hasNotablePerson → Gus Grissom ⓘ
Mitchell, Indiana → birthplaceOf → Gus Grissom ⓘ
The Right Stuff → portraysCharacter → Gus Grissom ⓘ
Molly Brown → crewMember → Gus Grissom ⓘ
Molly Brown → commander → Gus Grissom ⓘ
Launch Complex 19 → associatedWithAstronaut → Gus Grissom ⓘ