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Secret Mercury invitation shapes Gus Grissom career
This installment recounts Gus Grissom receiving a top secret invitation to join the Mercury program after a Washington visit. He discusses the surprise, the testing process, wife Betty’s agreement, and the path from test pilot to spaceflight, leading toward the Gemini era and future flights.
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Gus Grissom
Grissom
Korea
The
Macmillan Co
America
Washington
Pentagon
Capt. Grissom
Washington, D.C
Betty
Donald
Deke) Slayton
Virgil
Gus) Grissom
John Glenn Jr
M. Scott Carpenter
L. Gordon Cooper
Walter Schirra
Alan Shepard