Birth Name:

Virgil Ivan Grissom

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Apr 03, 1926

Time of Birth:

06:00 PM

Place of Birth:

Mitchell, Indiana, United States

Age:

98

Zodiac Sign:

Aries

Astrology Data:

Sun

13°

Ari

28'

Moon

19°

Sag

50'

Asc

12°

Lib

11'

MC

13°

Can

53'

About Gus Grissom

Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was a United States Air Force (USAF) pilot and a member of the Mercury Seven selected by National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) as Project Mercury astronauts to be the first Americans in outer space. He was a Project Gemini and an Apollo program astronaut. As a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps, Grissom was the second American to fly in space. He was also the second American to fly in space twice, beaten only by Joe Walker with his sub-orbital X-15 flights.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Letter from Grissom thanking students for naming their school after him

• Beddingfield, Sam. "Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom". SpySpace.

• Grissom's Gemini G3-C Pressure Suit, National Air and Space Museum

• Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 Pressure Suit, National Air and Space Museum

• "Gus Grissom Collection, 1960–1967, N.D.", at the Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis

• "Gus Grissom Liberty Bell 7 Flight" (video), Sen Corporation, Ltd.

• IHS Staff. "Virgil "Gus" Grissom" (PDF). Indiana Historical Society. Retrieved July 30, 2018.

• Virgil (Gus) I. Grissom collection at the Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Gus Grissom: Sun 13 Aries, Moon 19 Sagittarius, Mercury 6 Aries, Venus 28 Aquarius, Mars 8 Aquarius, Jupiter 19 Aquarius, Saturn 25 Scorpio, Uranus 26 Pisces, Neptune 22 Leo, Pluto 12 Cancer, Asc 12 Libra, Mc 13 Cancer, Sun Square Midheaven, Sun Opposition Ascendant, Moon Trine Neptune, Sun Square Pluto, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Sun Semi Square Venus, Moon Sextile Jupiter, Mercury Sextile Mars, Mercury Semi Square Jupiter, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Venus Square Saturn, Venus Semi Sextile Uranus, Venus Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Venus Sesquiquadrate Ascendant, Venus Sesquiquadrate Midheaven, Mars Semi Square Uranus, Mars Trine Ascendant, Jupiter Opposition Neptune, Saturn Trine Uranus, Saturn Square Neptune, Saturn Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Saturn Semi Square Ascendant, Pluto Square Ascendant, Pluto Conjunct Midheaven, Ascendant Square Midheaven

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Photo attribution: NASA, http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/gemini/gemini3/html/s64-32110.html