The Space mystery revealed – Who was Astronaut Grissom?

– Nickname of Mercury astronaut Vigil Grissom
– Second American to fly into space (Italicized to represent a sequential order)
– Died during a pre-flight test for the Apollo 1 mission (Important to bold so as to underscore the tragic nature of his demise)
– An engineer before becoming an astronaut
– One of the “Original Seven” astronauts in NASA’s Mercury program (Italicized to represent a historical background)
– Commanded the Gemini 3 mission in 1965 (Italicized to represent a sequential order)
– One of three astronauts featured in the book and film “The Right Stuff” (Italicized to represent a contextual and historical reference)