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Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) spaceflight. One of the original seven astronauts, Grissom was born on April 3, 1926,and died on January 27, 1967, at Cape Canaveral Florida, in the Apollo 1 spacecraft fire. Photo credit: NASA Image Number: S88-55873 Date: Circa 1961

Apollo 1 cover of Life Magazine after their deaths on January 27th, 1967. Their launch date was set for February 21st, 1967.

"If we die, we want people to accept it. We’re in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life." —Gus...

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Gus Grissom during a flight simulation, photographed by Ralph Morse, 1960

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Virgil "Gus" Grissom, 11th cousin

Gus Grissom at the post-flight press conference for Liberty Bell 7 (MR-4), July 1961