The seven Mercury astronauts -- Carpenter ... Now in their 70s, the Mercury seven are five. Virgil "Gus" Grissom died in the fire that swept through an Apollo capsule on the launch pad at the ...

Located in the serene Spring Mill State Park, the Gus Grissom ... The Grissom Memorial Museum not only honors Grissom’s role as one of the original Mercury astronauts but also showcases pivotal ...

What started as a commemoration of the Mercury Seven astronauts has grown ... the six surviving Mercury astronauts, Betty ...

1947-1963 — Bell X-1 (Chuck Yeager), Scott Crossfield going double supersonic, Sputnik Launch, NASA founded with first astronauts, the “Mercury Seven” (Alan Shepard, Wally Schirra, Scott Carpenter ...

Ultimately, seven pilots are recruited for the ambitious Mercury program and thrust into a white-hot ... In the meantime, controversy embroils astronaut Gus Grissom (Fred Ward) after a mishap during ...

The Mercury-Redstone's automatic in-flight abort sensing system solved this problem by monitoring the rocket's performance during flight. If it detected an anomaly which might threaten the astronaut .

We offer one-of-a-kind features such as John Glenn’s hard hat from Project Mercury ... Astronaut Trainees, find out why the astronauts hated the word “capsule”. Discover why Gus Grissom ...

April 9: The newly formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration introduces the first seven astronauts ... July 21: American astronaut Gus Grissom's sub-orbital flight is marred when ...