Gus Grissom is most famous for being one of the NASA's Mercury Seven astronauts as well as for his tragic death in the Apollo 1 fire.
Gus Grissom was also the second American to fly in space and he also commanded the first crewed Gemini mission and was also selected to command the first Apollo mission.
Gus Grissom was part of the original group of 7 astronauts that were selected for Project Mercury, which was America's first human spaceflight program.
And on July 21st, 1961, Gus Grissom also piloted the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft on a suborbital flight and became the second American in space.
Gus Grissom also commanded the first crewed Gemini mission, gemini 3 on March 23rd 1965, making him the first person to fly into space twice.
And he was also chosen to command the first Apollo mission, which was intended to be the first crewed flight to the moon.
Gus Grissom died in a tragic Apollo 1 fire along with Edward White and Roger Chaffee in the command module that the fire swept through on January 27th 1967.
The three astronauts that burned up were Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee.
Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee died in the Apollo 1 fire and perished during a launch pad test on January 27th 1967.
A fire broke out in the command module and is how they perished in the fire.
Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee died in the fire that is also known as the Apollo 1 tragedy.
The Apollo 1 tragedy fire erupted in the command module and was fueled by the pure oxygen environment and the flammable material inside the command module.
The tragic event led to significant changes in NASA's safety protocols and their spacecraft design.
The Apollo 1 tragedy occurred on January 27th 1967 and occurred at the Launch Pad 34 at Cape Kennedy which is now Cape Canaveral.
The first crewed Apollo mission, designated Apollo/Saturn 204 which was later renamed Apollo 1.
Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom was the Commander.
Edward H. White II was the senior pilot.
And Roger B. Chaffee was the pilot.
A short circuit sparked the fire in the command module, which was filled with a pure oxygen atmosphere.
The fire caused the deaths of all three of the astronauts due to asphyxiation from the toxic gas inhalation.