Virgil Grissom Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Virgil Grissom, based on 3 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

3 records1959–19613 events3 places

Chronological biography

1959

Project Mercury Astronaut Selection9 April 1959

Science / Astronomy · Washington, D.C.

NASA presents Grissom as one of the original seven astronauts chosen to train for Project Mercury missions.

1961

Liberty Bell 7 Mercury21 July 1961

Science / Astronomy · Cape Canaveral, Florida

Grissom pilots Liberty Bell 7 on the second American crewed suborbital flight under Project Mercury.

Liberty Bell 7 Recovery21 July 1961

Science / Astronomy · Atlantic Ocean

After Grissom's successful Mercury flight, Liberty Bell 7 sinks following premature opening of the spacecraft's explosive hatch.

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.