The seemingly innocent decision by an astronaut that caused a huge problem for NASA
Sixty years ago, a NASA astronaut’s antics on a spaceflight into low-Earth orbit sparked a national controversy in the U.S.
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60 Years On: Gemini III Pioneered Path to the Moon
Gemini III lifted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, carrying astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and John Young on America’s first ...
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'Apollo 1' director surprised by details of ill-fated mission in new documentary
Lowell Grissom speaks about his brother, Mercury astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom, who was commander of Apollo 1. And Ed White III and his sister Bonnie recall their father, who two years prior to ...
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Gemini III: 60 Years Since First U.S. Two-Person Flight
On March 23, 1965, the United States launched the Gemini III spacecraft with astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young aboard, America's first ...
The strange historical saga of an astronaut’s forbidden sandwich
Astronaut John W. Young caused beef between NASA and congress by smuggling an illicit sandwich onto a space mission.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox ...
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On this date: NASA selects contractor to build Mercury capsule
Alan Shepard and Virgil “Gus” Grissom. This was a significant step in the early days of space exploration, as it involved the development of a 1.5-million-pound thrust rocket engine to power a ...
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‘Apollo 1’ film ‘a great tribute’ to astronauts who paved way to NASA’s future successes, says Rusty Schweickart
It provides an in-depth look at the lives and families of the three Apollo 1 astronauts — Roger Chaffee, Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Edward White — who were killed when a fire swept through their ...