Gus GrissomS66-30236 (1 April 1966) --- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has named these astronauts as the prime crew...The members of the prime crew of the first manned Apollo space flight Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) inspect spacecraft equipment during...Apollo 1 Crew (l-r): Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White, Roger B. Chaffee Image Credit: NASAS66-58501 (27 Oct. 1966) --- The prime crew of the first manned Apollo Space Flight, Apollo/Saturn (AS) mission 204, is...S66-24522 (1966) --- Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White, II and Roger B. Chaffee take a break from their...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronauts, left to right, Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee, pose in front of...S66-51581 (June 1966) --- Prime crew for the first manned Apollo mission practice water egress procedures with full scale boilerplate...Manned Spacecraft Center Director Robert R. Gilruth (far right) introduces the Apollo 1 crew during press conference in Houston. Sitting...Project Mercury astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, assisted by McDonnell technicians, leaves the Mercury spacecraft, dubbed Liberty Bell 7, following...Project Mercury pressure suit specialist Joseph W. Schmitt adjusts a respirometer attached to the helmet of astronaut Virgil I. Grissom...Project Mercury Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, primary pilot for the Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7) flight, gets an assist from...Awaiting orders to proceed to the launch site for Project Mercury's second attempt to launch a man into space, astronaut...Astronauts John Young (left) and Virgil "Gus" Grissom took part in training exercises as the back-up crew for the Gemini...Astronaut Gus Grissom climbs into "Liberty Bell 7" spacecraft before launch on the morning of July 21, 1961. Astronaut John...S66-30238 (1 April 1966) --- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has named these astronauts as the prime crew...S64-19432 (13 April 1964) --- Left to right are astronauts John W. Young, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra Jr....1961 -- The first three Americans in space, Mercury astronauts, from the left, John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. (Gus)...