Project Mercury Astronaut Selection
NASA presents Grissom as one of the original seven astronauts chosen to train for Project Mercury missions.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Virgil Grissom Biography and Timeline
Follow Virgil Grissom through 3 dated historical records for United States of America.
Virgil Grissom, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
3Distinct records
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1959–1961Years on this page
1959
1961
Liberty Bell 7 Mercury
Grissom pilots Liberty Bell 7 on the second American crewed suborbital flight under Project Mercury.
Liberty Bell 7 Recovery
After Grissom's successful Mercury flight, Liberty Bell 7 sinks following premature opening of the spacecraft's explosive hatch.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.