Virgil Ivan Grissom Net Worth

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Virgil Ivan Grissom Net Worth is
$8 Million

Virgil Ivan Grissom Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Virgil Ivan Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967), (Lt Col, USAF), better known as Gus Grissom, was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts, test pilot, mechanical engineer, and a United States Air Force pilot. He was the second American to fly in space, and the first member of the NASA Astronaut Corps to fly in space twice.Grissom was killed along with fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (then known as Cape Kennedy), Florida. He was the first of the Mercury Seven to die. He was also a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and, posthumously, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

Full NameGus Grissom
Date Of BirthApril 3, 1926
Died1967-01-27
Place Of BirthMitchell, Indiana, U.S.
Height5' 5" (1.65 m)
ProfessionActor
EducationPurdue University, Mitchell High School
NationalityAmerican
SpouseBetty Grissom
ChildrenScott Grissom, Mark Grissom
ParentsCecile King Grissom, Dennis Grissom
SiblingsLowell Grissom, Norman Grissom, Wilma Beavers
AwardsDistinguished Flying Cross, Congressional Space Medal of Honor, NASA Distinguished Service Medal
MoviesFor All Mankind
Star SignAries
#Quote
1If we die, we want people to accept it. We're in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life.
#Fact
1Was a member of NASA's Mercury 7 project, introduced in April 9, 1959, only six months after the agency was established (together with Wally Schirra, Deke Slayton, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Alan Shepard, Gordon Cooper).
2Partner in the GCR Corporation racing team that competed in the USAC Series in 1966 and 1967. The "G" represented Grissom, the "C" represented Gordon Cooper and the "R" represented Jim Rathmann.
3Known an the test astronaut since he always seemed to fly the early missions. On the first Gemini (3) mission he flew with rookie John Young for almost five hours in March 1965.
4He is memorialized on another planet. Grissom Hill is 7.5 km southwest of Columbia Memorial Station on Mars among the Apollo 1 hills.
5Was a member of NASA's Mercury 7 project, introduced in April 9, 1959, only six months after the agency was established (together with Wally Schirra, Deke Slayton, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Alan Shepard, Gordon Cooper).
6He nicknamed his Gemini capsule "Molly Brown", after the heroine in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964). He had barely escaped when his Mercury capsule sank after re-entry. (See The Right Stuff (1983).)
7He was killed on 27 January 1967, along with astronauts Roger B. Chaffee and Edward H. White II, when a fire swept through the capsule of the Apollo I spacecraft during a rocket test at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
8He gave his Mercury spacecraft the name Liberty Bell 7.
9One of America's original seven Mercury astronauts selected in 1959; he was the second American to fly in outer space (21 July 1961), and the first man to fly in space twice.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Air Cadet1951uncredited

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Apollo Zero2009Documentary dedicatee - as Virgil Grissom
Beyond the Stars1989this film is dedicated to: the crew of Apollo I, who lost their lives on January 27, 1967 - as Lt. Colonel Virgil Grissom
For All Mankind1989Documentary dedicatee: Apollo 1, January 27, 1967 - as Virgil I. Grissom

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Project Gemini: A Bridge to the Moon2003Video documentaryHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The NASA Moon and Mars Landing Hoaxes2015Video documentary shortHimself - Apollo 1 (uncredited)
The Sixties2014TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself - US Astronaut
The Last Man on the Moon2014DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
The Saturn V Story2014Documentary
Mysteries at the Museum2011TV Series documentaryHimself
The Apollo Years2009VideoHimself
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions2008-2009TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
Apollo Zero2009DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
40 Years on the Moon2009TV Movie documentaryHimself
Moon Machines2008TV Series documentaryHimself
Secrets of the Moon Landings2007TV Movie documentaryHimself
Mars Rising2007TV Series documentaryHimself
The Wonder of It All2007DocumentaryHimself
The First Miracle: 1960 US Olympic Hockey Team2006TV Movie documentaryHimself
MythBusters2005TV Series documentaryHimself
Conquering Space: The Moon and Beyond2005Video documentaryHimself - NASA Astronaut
Save Our History2003TV Series documentaryHimself
Failure Is Not an Option2003TV Movie documentaryHimself
In Search of Liberty Bell 71999TV Movie documentaryHimself
Cronkite Remembers1997TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself (uncredited)
Turning Point1996TV Series documentaryHimself
Houston, We've Got a Problem1994Documentary shortHimself
Moon Shot1994TV Movie documentaryHimself - Astronaut
Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special1991TV Movie documentaryHimself
Good Old Days Part II1978TV SpecialHimself

Known for movies

Himself

Project Gemini: A Bridge to the Moon 2003
as Himself

Actor

Air Cadet 1951
as Actor

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