Tag Archives: Gus Grissom

A Brief on the Apollo 1 (Capsule 204) Fire on its 50th Anniversary

Posted on January 27, 2017 by launiusr

What happened? The Apollo 1 (204) Command Module was on the ground at the Kennedy Space Center on January 27, 1967 when a fire broke out in the capsule. The three crew members (Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Roger Chaffee, and Edward … Continue reading →

Posted in Apollo, History, Politics, Space | Tagged 1960s, Apollo, cold war, Ed White, Gus Grissom, History, Moon, Moon race, NASA, Roger Chaffee, U.S. Civil Space | 4 Comments

Remembering the Gemini Program

Posted on November 11, 2016 by launiusr

Since it is the fiftieth anniversary of the the end of the Gemini program in 1966, with the flight of Gemini XII on November 12-15, I thought it appropriate to reflect on what I refer to as the middle child … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War Competition, History, Space | Tagged 1960s, Apollo, cold war, Ed White, Gemini, Gemini XII, Gus Grissom, History, John Young, Langley Research Center, McDonnell Aircraft Corp, Mercury, Moon race, NASA, paraglider, pogo effect, politics, public policy, Robert Gilruth, Soviet Union, Titan II, U.S. Civil Space | 2 Comments

Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2015

Posted on January 12, 2015 by launiusr

1945—70 Years Ago 4 July—The NACA’s Pilotless Aircraft Research Division (PARD) launched from Wallops Island, Maryland, its first test vehicle, a small two-stage, solid-fuel rocket to check out the installation’s instrumentation. The group soon began serious work to learn about … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Space | Tagged 1960s, Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program, Akatsuki, Alexei Leonov, Apollo 13, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Army Ballistics Missile Agency, Atlantis, Atlas, cold war, Deep Impact 1, Dragon, Echo 1, Ed White, Falcon 9, Frank Borman, Gemini III, Gemini IV, Gemini VI, Gemini VII, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Gus Grissom, Hayabusa, History, hubble space telescope, IKAROS, Intelsat 1, International Space Station, Jim Lovell, John W. Young, Luna 16, Luna 17, Lunokhod 1, Mariner 4, Mir, Moon, Moon race, NACA, NASA, National Security Council, Naval Research Laboratory, Norman E. Thagard, Pilotless Aircraft Research Division, Project Vanguard, Redstone Arsenal, science, Soyuz 9, space science, space shuttle, SpaceX, Tiros 1, Titan, Tom Stafford, Transit 1B, U.S. Civil Space, V-2, Viking, Voskhod 2, Voyager, WAC-Corporal, Wally Schirra, Wernher von Braun, White Sands Proving Grounds | 5 Comments

Wednesday’s Book Review: “The Astronauts Wives Club”

Posted on August 13, 2014 by launiusr

The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story. By Lily Koppel. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2013. Illustrations (some color), author’s note, acknowledgments, 272 pages, hardcover with dustjacket. $28 USD. On one level Lily Koppel’s new book is a breezy, entertaining … Continue reading →

Posted in Apollo, History, Space | Tagged 1960s, Alan Shepard, Apollo, Betty Grissom, Charlie Bassett, Deke Slayton, Donn Eisele, Ed White, Elliot See, Grand Central Publishing, Gus Grissom, Harriett Eisele, History, JFK, Lily Koppel, Marge Slayton, Moon, Moon race, NASA, politics, Roger Chaffee, The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story, U.S. Civil Space | Leave a comment

Whatever Became of the Apollo 1 Spacecraft?

Posted on May 30, 2014 by launiusr

On January 27, 1967, Apollo-Saturn (AS) 204, later named Apollo 1, was on the launch pad with the astronauts moving through ground simulations in what was called a “plugs out” test. The three astronauts to fly on this mission—Gus Grissom, … Continue reading →

Posted in Apollo, Space | Tagged Apollo 13, Apollo-Saturn (AS) 204, Betty Grissom, Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Challenger, Daniel S. Goldin, David Alberg, Ed White, Florida, Floyd L. Thompson, Gus Grissom, History, James E. Webb, Kansas Cosmosphere, Langley Research Center, NASA, Roger Chaffee, Titusville, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, U.S. Civil Space | 10 Comments

The First Three USAF Astronauts

Posted on September 2, 2013 by launiusr

Three of the first seven of America’s astronauts—the Mercury Seven selected in April 1959—came from the ranks of the United States Air Force. They were L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (1927-2004), Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom (1926-1967), and Donald K. “Deke” Slayton … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War Competition, History, Personal, Space | Tagged 1960s, American exceptionalism, cold war, Deke Slayton, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, History, international relations, Mercury, Mercury Seven, Moon, Moon race, NASA, politics, presidential power, public perceptions, public policy, U.S. Civil Space, United States Air Force | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: Gus Grissom

A Brief on the Apollo 1 (Capsule 204) Fire on its 50th Anniversary

Remembering the Gemini Program

Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2015

Wednesday’s Book Review: “The Astronauts Wives Club”

Whatever Became of the Apollo 1 Spacecraft?

The First Three USAF Astronauts

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