Powers lauds Kirby district school named for Gus Grissom
Col John A Powers spoke at a Kirby School District 140 dedication ceremony for a new junior high school named after astronaut Virgil I Grissom. Powers former NASA voice of the astronauts shared memories of Grissom as about 160 attendees listened.
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Gus”’ Grissom
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Shorty) Powers
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Remembering Gus Grissom at Bremen Community School dedication
The article details astronaut Virgil I. Grissom born 1926 in Mitchell Indiana and his career from WWII pilot to Project Mercury. It covers his space flights Liberty Bell 7 and Gemini 3, his death in Apollo I, and local ceremony dedicating Grissom school with Betty Grissom in attendance and remarks by Powers.
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