New York City - American astronaut Gus Grissom waves from a convertible during a ticker tape parade in honor of the Mercury 9 mission.
The astronauts of NASA's human spaceflight program Project Mercury at the Mercury Control Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, 24th September 1960....
Denver Dollar for Astronaut Gov. John Love, left, presented Denver Dollar to Maj. Virgil Grissom in Gunnison, Colo., Thursday. The Grissom family...
Maj. Virgil l. , Grissom, a Denver Dollar hanging around his neck, holds a press conference at the terminal building at the Gunnison airport. Credit:...
Space Exploration, pic: circa 1960's, A portrait of U,S, astronaut Virgil Grissom who was one of the first group of chosen U,S, astronauts, but was...
The crew of the Apollo 1 space mission during training at Cape Canaveral, Florida, January 1967. From left to right, Command Pilot Virgil I. Grissom...
Headshot portrait of American astronaut Virgil 'Gus' Grissom , Florida, 1960s. Grissom was a member of the original Mercury Seven astronauts.
The original seven Project Mercury astronauts: front row, left to right, are Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donald "Deke" K. Slayton, John Glenn Jr., and M....
Five of the original seven Mercury astronauts walk across the Capitol Plaza during a celebratory visit to Washington, DC. From left to right: Scott...
American astronauts and crew of the Apollo 1 mission, Command pilot Gus Grissom, pilot Edward Higgins White and pilot Roger B Chaffee pose together...
Astronaute americain Virgil Grissom passe une visite medicale avant son vol spatial, le 18 mars 1965, a Cap Kennedy , Floride.
United States astronauts Virgil I 'Gus' Grissom and John Young walk along a red carpet laid out on the deck of the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier...
United States astronauts Virgil I 'Gus' Grissom and John Young pictured examining their Gemini 3 space capsule aboard the USS Intrepid aircraft...
United States astronauts Virgil I 'Gus' Grissom in centre and John Young pictured surrounded by technicians and ground crew before entering the...
Grissom, Virgil I. *-+Astronaut USAJoe W. Schmidt, Spezialist fürWeltraumbekleidung, hilft Grissom inseinen Raumanzug- Juli 1961
Virgil I. Grissom stands with Dr. William Augerson prior to entering the U.S. Navy's centrifuge at Johnsville, Pennsylvania, where he was subjected...
Astronauts John Glenn and Virgil "Gus" Grissom wait anxiously in the Mercury Control Center during the orbital flight of Scott Carpenter. Carpenter...
Physical examinations are routine for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronauts. Here Virgil I. Grissom is examined during...
Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, the command pilot for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Gemini three-orbit Gemini mission, checks out...
Project Mercury Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom catches up on some paper work during a break in the training session here on July 14th. America's second...
Apollo 1 astronauts, , Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee, suited up and visiting the Saturn launch pad. A few days later all...
Apollo 1 astronauts, , Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee, suited up and visiting the Saturn launch pad. A few days later all...
Astronaut Captain Virgil "Gus" Grissom, of the U.S. Air Force, tucked in a mock space capsule, makes a simulated space flight at the national...
Believe it or not, these seedy looking "Arabs" actually represent the cream of American manhood. They are the seven Mercury Astronauts, gathered for...
Washington, DC: At a press conference, the seven test pilots chosen to train for the honor of being the first Americans in space are shown with...
Astronauts Walter Schirra , Virgil Grissom and others listening to speech during joint session of Congress.
Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom & John W.Young, co-travelers in 1st Amer. 2-man space shot, Gemini Project.
John W. Young with R. Walter Cunningham and Virgil I. Grissom , during opening night, Houston Sports Arena.
Pres. John Kennedy w. Vice Pres. Lyndon Johnson chatting w. Astronaut Gus Grissom who is explaining the mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during...
The seven original US Astronauts chosen for Project Mercury standing for press introduction photos at Langley Air Force base. Alan Shepard, Scott...
Administrator Charles Bolden, Jr. And his wife Alexis Bolden place a wreath at the gravesites of Apollo 1 crew members Virgil Grissom and Roger...
Administrator Charles Bolden, Jr., right, and his wife Alexis Bolden place a wreath at the gravesites of Apollo 1 crew members Virgil Grissom and...
Lyndon Baines Johnson , 36th President of the United States, talking to James McDivitt, the Gemini 4 astronaut and his wife during a news conference...
American astronauts John W. Young and Virgil 'Gus' Grissom sitting in the GT-3 spacecraft just before the hatches were closed, in the Gemini flight...
American artist Norman Rockwell talks to astronauts John W Young and Virgil I. Grissom , the pilots selected to fly the first manned Gemini orbital...
American astronaut Gordon Cooper speaks in front of microphones as U.S. President John F. Kennedy and astronauts Gus Grissom, Alan Shepard, Walter...
The seven astronauts of NASA's Mercury programme: Walter M Schirra, Deke Slayton, John Glenn Jnr, M Scott Carpenter, Alan B Shepard Jnr, Virgil I...
Virgil I Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee inside a practice module for the aborted Apollo 1 mission at Cape Kennedy, Florida. All three men...
In his Washington office, US president Lyndon B. Johnson congratulates astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young after their triple orbit of the...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration group portrait of the 'Original Seven' astronauts from the Mercury program as they pose in front of an...
Vice President Richard M Nixon holds a model of a rocket as he sits, with the seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury, on the steps of the East...
First Apollo crew, From left, Virgil Grissom, Roger Chaffee, Edward White, The flight is scheduded for, early 1967 , On January 27 tragedy struck the...
Project Mercury Astronauts included , Front row , Walter M, Schirra Jr, Donald K, Slayton, John H, Glenn Jr, and Scott Carpenter, Back row , Alan B,...
Crew of Apollo 1, from the foreground, commandant Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee, Members of the crew will die in a tragic accident,...
Gus Grissom and Milt Thompson with Paresev, California, USA, 1962. Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom and NASA test pilot Milton Thompson with Paraglider...
Mercury Astronauts Receiving the Collier Trophy, White House, Washington, USA, 1963. NASA Administrator James E. Webb cites the space achievements of...
Failed attempt to recover Liberty Bell 7, Atlantic Ocean, 1961. After the hatch of the "Liberty Bell 7" opened prematurely, gallons of seawater...