Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom Memorial Museum - Mitchell, Indiana
Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom Memorial Museum - Mitchell, Indiana
The space race was on in full force, the astronauts were training fiercely to be ready to take on the challenges of outer-space. One of the astronauts who were in the running to be the commander of the first Apollo mission was Gus Grissom. Tragedy struck this hard luck hero before he had the opportunity to fly the Apollo mission.
He was always seemingly in the wrong place at the wrong time. His capsule was the only one that sank on re-entry. He was one of the original Mercury 7 members and commanded the first Gemini mission. He was on his way until a fire broke out in the capsule during 
prelaunch tests in 1967, killing him and his crew.
