{"id":258537,"date":"2023-03-26T20:05:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T00:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=258537"},"modified":"2024-04-03T10:28:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T14:28:26","slug":"former-astronaut-virgil-i-grissom","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-virgil-i-grissom\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block flex-align-center padding-y-8 padding-bottom-4 desktop:padding-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-lg\">Virgil I. Grissom<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0\">Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom was one of NASA’s first seven astronauts, flew the first crewed mission of the Gemini Program, and was named to serve as command pilot for the AS-204 mission, the first 3-man Apollo flight. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-left-0 desktop:padding-left-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-intro-quick-facts border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-top-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"label margin-top-0 margin-bottom-2 color-carbon-50-important\">Quick Facts<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper hds-carousel-wrapper-relative\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">Grissom was one of the seven Mercury astronauts selected by NASA in April 1959.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Grissom was one of the seven Mercury astronauts selected by NASA in April 1959.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 67% 46%; object-position: 67% 46%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg 2235w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=267,300 267w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=768,862 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=913,1024 913w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=1369,1536 1369w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=1825,2048 1825w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=356,400 356w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=535,600 535w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=802,900 802w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=1069,1200 1069w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=1782,2000 1782w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">Grissom piloted the “Liberty Bell 7” spacecraft on July 21, 1961.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Grissom piloted the "Liberty Bell 7" spacecraft on July 21, 1961.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 31% 88%; object-position: 31% 88%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=235,300 235w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=768,979 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=803,1024 803w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=314,400 314w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=471,600 471w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=706,900 706w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=941,1200 941w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">Grissom’s “Liberty Bell 7” flight lasted 15 minutes and 37 seconds.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/9-61-mr4-48.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Grissom's "Liberty Bell 7" flight lasted 15 minutes and 37 seconds.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/9-61-mr4-48.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/9-61-mr4-48.jpg?resize=259,300 259w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/9-61-mr4-48.jpg?resize=768,888 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/9-61-mr4-48.jpg?resize=885,1024 885w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/9-61-mr4-48.jpg?resize=346,400 346w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/9-61-mr4-48.jpg?resize=519,600 519w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/9-61-mr4-48.jpg?resize=778,900 778w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/9-61-mr4-48.jpg?resize=1038,1200 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">On March 23, 1965, Grissom served as command pilot on the first manned Gemini Flight. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/258414main_s64-19431_full.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"On March 23, 1965, Grissom served as command pilot on the first manned Gemini Flight. \" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 47% 4%; object-position: 47% 4%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/258414main_s64-19431_full.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/258414main_s64-19431_full.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/258414main_s64-19431_full.jpg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/258414main_s64-19431_full.jpg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/258414main_s64-19431_full.jpg?resize=320,400 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/258414main_s64-19431_full.jpg?resize=480,600 480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/258414main_s64-19431_full.jpg?resize=720,900 720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/258414main_s64-19431_full.jpg?resize=960,1200 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>   \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16216814090_874868c8f6_o.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Official portrait of Apollo 1 crew\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 53% 59%; object-position: 53% 59%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16216814090_874868c8f6_o.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16216814090_874868c8f6_o.jpg?resize=300,240 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16216814090_874868c8f6_o.jpg?resize=768,614 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16216814090_874868c8f6_o.jpg?resize=1024,819 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16216814090_874868c8f6_o.jpg?resize=1536,1229 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16216814090_874868c8f6_o.jpg?resize=2048,1638 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16216814090_874868c8f6_o.jpg?resize=400,320 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16216814090_874868c8f6_o.jpg?resize=600,480 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16216814090_874868c8f6_o.jpg?resize=900,720 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16216814090_874868c8f6_o.jpg?resize=1200,960 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16216814090_874868c8f6_o.jpg?resize=2000,1600 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Portrait of the Apollo 1 prime crew for first manned Apollo space flight. From left to right are: Edward H. White II, Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee. On January 27, 1967 at 5:31 p.m. CST (6:31 local time) during a routine simulated launch test onboard the Apollo Saturn V Moon rocket, an electrical short circuit inside the Apollo Command Module ignited the pure oxygen environment and within a matter of seconds all three Apollo 1 crewmembers perished.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Project Mercury Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom is assisted by suit specialist Joe W. Schmidt as he prepares for his Mercury-Redstone 4 space flight\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 42% 7%; object-position: 42% 7%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg 2349w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=255,300 255w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=768,902 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=872,1024 872w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=1307,1536 1307w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=1743,2048 1743w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=340,400 340w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=511,600 511w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=766,900 766w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=1021,1200 1021w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=1702,2000 1702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Project Mercury Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, primary pilot for the Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7) flight, gets an assist from suit specialist Joe W. Schmidt as he prepares for the Mercury-Redstone 4 space flight. The flight, the second crewed shot in the Mercury program, was postponed because of bad weather in the launch area.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Gemini 3 astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young sit in the Gemini spacecraft simulator\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 56% 31%; object-position: 56% 31%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg?resize=300,242 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg?resize=768,620 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg?resize=1024,827 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg?resize=400,323 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg?resize=600,485 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg?resize=900,727 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">On March 23, 1965, astronauts Virgil I. \u201cGus\u201d Grissom and John W. Young participated in the first crewed Gemini flight, Gemini III.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/632749main_1967-01-02_full.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Apollo astronauts, left to right, Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee, pose in front of Launch Complex 34, which housed the Saturn 1 rocket scheduled for the Apollo 1 mission.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 50% 76%; object-position: 50% 76%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/632749main_1967-01-02_full.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/632749main_1967-01-02_full.jpg?resize=300,237 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/632749main_1967-01-02_full.jpg?resize=768,606 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/632749main_1967-01-02_full.jpg?resize=1024,808 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/632749main_1967-01-02_full.jpg?resize=400,315 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/632749main_1967-01-02_full.jpg?resize=600,473 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/632749main_1967-01-02_full.jpg?resize=900,710 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Apollo astronauts, left to right, Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee, pose in front of Launch Complex 34, which housed the Saturn 1 rocket scheduled for the Apollo 1 mission. The mission was to be the first crewed flight of the Apollo program with a planned launch on Feb. 21, 1967.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s66-26354.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Manned Spacecraft Center Director Robert R. Gilruth (far right) introduces the Apollo 1 crew during press conference in Houston. Sitting next to Gilruth are (from left) astronauts Roger Chaffee, Edward H. White II, and Gus Grissom. (1966)\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s66-26354.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s66-26354.jpg?resize=300,195 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s66-26354.jpg?resize=768,498 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s66-26354.jpg?resize=1024,664 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s66-26354.jpg?resize=1536,996 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s66-26354.jpg?resize=2048,1328 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s66-26354.jpg?resize=400,259 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s66-26354.jpg?resize=600,389 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s66-26354.jpg?resize=900,584 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s66-26354.jpg?resize=1200,778 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/s66-26354.jpg?resize=2000,1297 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Manned Spacecraft Center Director Robert R. Gilruth (far right) introduces the Apollo 1 crew during press conference in Houston. Sitting next to Gilruth are (from left) astronauts Roger Chaffee, Edward H. White II, and Gus Grissom. (1966)<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">Biography<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Virgil I. Grissom<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Learn more about Astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom, including when he was selected by NASA to be an astronaut, his flight experience, education, background and more.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/grissom_virgil.pdf?emrc=6f793c\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn More <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Virgil I. Grissom<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1369\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?w=1369\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Project Mercury pressure suit specialist Joseph W. Schmitt adjusts a respirometer attached to the helmet of astronaut Virgil I. Grissom during a dress rehearsal for the second manned suborbital flight, dubbed Liberty Bell 7.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 57% 23%; object-position: 57% 23%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg 2235w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=267,300 267w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=768,862 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=913,1024 913w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=1369,1536 1369w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=1825,2048 1825w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=356,400 356w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=535,600 535w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=802,900 802w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=1069,1200 1069w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=1782,2000 1782w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1369px) 100vw, 1369px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Project Mercury pressure suit specialist Joseph W. Schmitt adjusts a respirometer attached to the helmet of astronaut Virgil I. Grissom during a dress rehearsal for the NASA’s second manned suborbital flight, dubbed Liberty Bell 7, planned for the week of July 16. Respirometer enables ground medical personnel to monitor the pilot’s breathing rate during the countdown and flight. Hose attached to the left side of the pilot’s suit brings breathing oxygen into the suit.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 bg-spacesuit-white color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-news-automated\">\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-heading-md\">More About Gus Grissom<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronauts\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary link-external-false\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1 \" >\n\t\t\t\tMore Former Astronauts                \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col\"><div class=\"grid-row latest-news-items\"><div class=\"grid-col mobile:grid-col tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col latest-news-item latest-news-item-0 margin-bottom-2 -tablet:margin-bottom-0 desktop:margin-bottom-0 padding-right-0 tablet:padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/gemini\/gemini-pioneered-the-technology-driving-todays-exploration\/\" class=\"tablet:grid-col latest-news-item news-item tablet:padding-right-0\"><div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\"><div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-column flex-align-start flex-justify-start z-200\"><div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label color-spacesuit-white margin-bottom-auto\"><svg version=\"1.1\" class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><g><path d=\"M8,0C3.5,0-0.1,3.7,0,8.2C0.1,12.5,3.6,16,8,16c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8C16,3.5,12.4,0,8,0z M8,15.2 C4,15.2,0.8,12,0.8,8C0.8,4,4,0.8,8,0.8c3.9,0,7.2,3.2,7.2,7.1C15.2,11.9,12,15.2,8,15.2z\"\/><path d=\"M5.6,12c0.8-0.8,1.6-1.6,2.4-2.4c0.8,0.8,1.6,1.6,2.4,2.4c0-2.7,0-5.3,0-8C8.8,4,7.2,4,5.6,4 C5.6,6.7,5.6,9.3,5.6,12z\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg><span>Article<\/span><\/div><div class=\"display-block\"><div class=\"label margin-bottom-1\">7 Min Read<\/div><p class=\"heading-22 color-spacesuit-white margin-0\"><span>Gemini Pioneered the Technology Driving Today’s Exploration<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg?resize=300,242 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg?resize=768,620 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg?resize=1024,827 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg?resize=400,323 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg?resize=600,485 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gemini_3.jpg?resize=900,727 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"tablet:grid-col grid-row latest-news-items\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/55-years-ago-the-apollo-1-fire-and-its-aftermath\/\" class=\"tablet:grid-col latest-news-item news-item margin-bottom-2 tablet:margin-bottom-0 desktop:margin-bottom-0 tablet:padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-2\"><div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\"><div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-column flex-align-start flex-justify-start z-200\"><div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label color-spacesuit-white margin-bottom-auto\"><svg version=\"1.1\" class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><g><path d=\"M8,0C3.5,0-0.1,3.7,0,8.2C0.1,12.5,3.6,16,8,16c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8C16,3.5,12.4,0,8,0z M8,15.2 C4,15.2,0.8,12,0.8,8C0.8,4,4,0.8,8,0.8c3.9,0,7.2,3.2,7.2,7.1C15.2,11.9,12,15.2,8,15.2z\"\/><path d=\"M5.6,12c0.8-0.8,1.6-1.6,2.4-2.4c0.8,0.8,1.6,1.6,2.4,2.4c0-2.7,0-5.3,0-8C8.8,4,7.2,4,5.6,4 C5.6,6.7,5.6,9.3,5.6,12z\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg><span>Article<\/span><\/div><div class=\"display-block\"><div class=\"label margin-bottom-1\">14 Min Read<\/div><p class=\"heading-22 color-spacesuit-white margin-0\"><span>55 Years Ago: The Apollo 1 Fire and its Aftermath<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/apollo_1_aftermath_1_guards_at_lc-34_jan_28_1967.jpg?w=500\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/apollo_1_aftermath_1_guards_at_lc-34_jan_28_1967.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/apollo_1_aftermath_1_guards_at_lc-34_jan_28_1967.jpg?resize=195,300 195w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/apollo_1_aftermath_1_guards_at_lc-34_jan_28_1967.jpg?resize=260,400 260w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/apollo_1_aftermath_1_guards_at_lc-34_jan_28_1967.jpg?resize=391,600 391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/a><div class=\"grid-col news-item-stack\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/55-years-ago-final-preparations-for-the-planned-launch-of-apollo-1\/\" class=\"tablet:grid-col latest-news-item news-item tablet:margin-right-0 desktop:margin-right-0 margin-bottom-2 mobile:margin-bottom-2 tablet:margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-2\"><div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\"><div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-column flex-align-start flex-justify-start z-200\"><div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label color-spacesuit-white margin-bottom-auto\"><svg version=\"1.1\" class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><g><path d=\"M8,0C3.5,0-0.1,3.7,0,8.2C0.1,12.5,3.6,16,8,16c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8C16,3.5,12.4,0,8,0z M8,15.2 C4,15.2,0.8,12,0.8,8C0.8,4,4,0.8,8,0.8c3.9,0,7.2,3.2,7.2,7.1C15.2,11.9,12,15.2,8,15.2z\"\/><path d=\"M5.6,12c0.8-0.8,1.6-1.6,2.4-2.4c0.8,0.8,1.6,1.6,2.4,2.4c0-2.7,0-5.3,0-8C8.8,4,7.2,4,5.6,4 C5.6,6.7,5.6,9.3,5.6,12z\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg><span>Article<\/span><\/div><div class=\"display-block\"><div class=\"label margin-bottom-1\">15 Min Read<\/div><p class=\"heading-22 color-spacesuit-white margin-0\"><span>55 Years Ago: Final Preparations for the Planned Launch of Apollo 1<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_l-1_month_1_crew_photo_s66-30236.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Mercury-Redstone 4: Liberty Bell 7<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg margin-bottom-4\">Mission Facts Mission: LIBERTY BELL 7Launch Pad: LC-5Vehicle: Redstone (6)Crew: Virgil I. GrissomBackup Crew: John H. Glenn, Jr.Payload: Spacecraft No. 11, Launch Vehicle MR-8 Milestones March 7, 1961: Spacecraft delivered to Hangar...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-redstone-4-liberty-bell-7\/\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-sm button-light\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Learn More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"border-bottom border-bottom-1px border-color-carbon-80-important margin-y-4\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-spacesuit-white margin-bottom-2 heading-14\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2 featured-mission-countdown\" date=\"Jul 21, 1961 08:12 UTC\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-mission-date color-carbon-50 font-weight-bold text-uppercase\">Jul 21, 1961 08:12 UTC<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"1327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=235,300 235w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=768,979 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=803,1024 803w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=314,400 314w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=471,600 471w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=706,900 706w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=941,1200 941w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-y-8 bg-carbon-black color-mode-dark color-spacesuit-white hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-featured-mission\"><div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\"><div class=\"desktop:grid-col margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/gemini\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-sm button-light link-external-false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>More about Project Gemini<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"square-10 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-top-neg-6 position-relative\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=300,298 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=768,762 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=1024,1017 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=1536,1525 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=400,397 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=600,596 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=900,893 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=1200,1191 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=2000,1985 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Gemini III<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/gemini-3\/\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-sm button-light\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Learn More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"border-bottom border-bottom-1px border-color-carbon-80-important margin-y-4\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-spacesuit-white margin-bottom-2 heading-14\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2 featured-mission-countdown\" date=\"Mar 23, 1965 10:08 UTC\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-mission-date color-carbon-50 font-weight-bold text-uppercase\">Mar 23, 1965 10:08 UTC<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1552\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s64-25295\/s64-25295~large.jpg?w=1552&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s64-25295\/s64-25295~large.jpg?w=1552&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1552w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s64-25295\/s64-25295~large.jpg?w=243&h=301&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 243w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s64-25295\/s64-25295~large.jpg?w=768&h=950&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s64-25295\/s64-25295~large.jpg?w=828&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 828w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s64-25295\/s64-25295~large.jpg?w=1242&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1242w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s64-25295\/s64-25295~large.jpg?w=323&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 323w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s64-25295\/s64-25295~large.jpg?w=485&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 485w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s64-25295\/s64-25295~large.jpg?w=728&h=901&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 728w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s64-25295\/s64-25295~large.jpg?w=970&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 970w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1552px) 100vw, 1552px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-y-8 bg-carbon-black color-mode-dark color-spacesuit-white hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-featured-mission\"><div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\"><div class=\"desktop:grid-col margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/the-apollo-program\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-sm button-light link-external-true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>The Apollo Program<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"square-10 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-top-neg-6 position-relative\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=768,771 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=398,400 398w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=598,600 598w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=896,900 896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Apollo 1<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg margin-bottom-4\">On Jan. 27, 1967, tragedy struck on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during a preflight test for Apollo 204 (AS-204). 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transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg 2235w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=267,300 267w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=768,862 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=913,1024 913w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=1369,1536 1369w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=1825,2048 1825w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=356,400 356w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=535,600 535w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=802,900 802w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=1069,1200 1069w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/12-61-mr4-51.jpg?resize=1782,2000 1782w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-12 display-block desktop:display-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/gallery\/gus-grissom\/\" class=\"button-primary margin-top-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"section-heading-md\">Go To Gallery<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-cover-wrapper minh-tablet-lg hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-callout\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper padding-bottom-9 padding-top-9 display-flex\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-top-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-y-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"page-heading-md font-weight-extrabold line-height-heading-1 color-spacesuit-white-important\">The Mercury Seven<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg margin-top-2 padding-0 margin-bottom-4 color-spacesuit-white-important\">On October 7, 1958, shortly after NASA opened for business, it announced its first major undertaking, Project Mercury. The objectives were threefold: to place a human spacecraft into orbital flight around Earth, observe human performance in such conditions, and recover the human and the spacecraft safely. In January 1959, the committee received and screened 508 service records of a group of talented test pilots, of which seven were ultimately chosen.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/60-years-ago-nasa-introduces-mercury-7-astronauts\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary  link-external-true\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1 color-spacesuit-white-important\" >\n\t\t\t\tLearn More                                    <span class=\"usa-sr-only\"> about The Mercury Seven<\/span>\n                \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 z-400\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1631\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6413212\/6413212~large.jpg?w=1631&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 48% 11%; object-position: 48% 11%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6413212\/6413212~large.jpg?w=1631&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1631w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6413212\/6413212~large.jpg?w=255&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 255w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6413212\/6413212~large.jpg?w=768&h=904&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6413212\/6413212~large.jpg?w=870&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 870w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6413212\/6413212~large.jpg?w=1305&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1305w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6413212\/6413212~large.jpg?w=340&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 340w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6413212\/6413212~large.jpg?w=510&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 510w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6413212\/6413212~large.jpg?w=765&h=901&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 765w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6413212\/6413212~large.jpg?w=1019&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1019w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1631px) 100vw, 1631px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-meet-the bg-carbon-90 maxw-full width-full padding-y-5 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-meet-the\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-x-0 minh-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6 margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"label line-height-sm color-spacesuit-white\">The Mercury Seven<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6 display-flex flex-align-center flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-left-0 hds-meet-the-container padding-right-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-cards hds-meet-the-slider grid-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/m-scott-carpenter\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1348\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=1348&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portrait of M. Scott Carpenter.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.3); transform-origin: 52% 22%; object-position: 52% 22%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=1348&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1348w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=211&h=301&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 211w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=768&h=1094&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=719&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 719w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=1078&h=1535&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1078w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=281&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 281w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=421&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 421w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=632&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 632w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=843&h=1201&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 843w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1348px) 100vw, 1348px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/m-scott-carpenter\/\" target=\"_self\"  class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">M. Scott Carpenter<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Atlas 7 astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-7-aurora-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury Atlas 7: Aurora 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aurora-7-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury Atlas 7: Aurora 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aurora-7-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aurora-7-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aurora-7-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aurora-7-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-l-gordon-cooper\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1354\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=1354&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portrait of L. Gordon Cooper, former astronaut\" style=\"transform: scale(1.4); transform-origin: 59% 19%; object-position: 59% 19%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=1354&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1354w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=212&h=301&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 212w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=768&h=1089&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=722&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 722w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=1083&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1083w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=282&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 282w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=423&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 423w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=635&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 635w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=846&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1354px) 100vw, 1354px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-l-gordon-cooper\/\" target=\"_self\"  class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">L. Gordon Cooper<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Atlas 9 and Gemini V astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-9-faith-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 9: Faith 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-9-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 9: Faith 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-9-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-9-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-9-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-9-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/gemini-v\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to Gemini V\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Gemini V\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=900,900 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=1200,1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=2000,2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-john-h-glenn\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/736693main_JG_mercury_hires.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"John Glenn, Mercury Astronaut\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 44% 30%; object-position: 44% 30%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/736693main_JG_mercury_hires.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/736693main_JG_mercury_hires.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/736693main_JG_mercury_hires.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/736693main_JG_mercury_hires.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-john-h-glenn\/\" target=\"_self\"  class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">John H. Glenn<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Atlas 6 and STS-95 astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-6-friendship-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 6: Friendship 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/friendship7-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 6: Friendship 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/friendship7-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/friendship7-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/friendship7-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/sts-95\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to STS-95\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1545\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=1545&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to STS-95\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=1545&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1545w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=241&h=299&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 241w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=768&h=954&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=824&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 824w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=1236&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1236w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=322&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 322w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=483&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 483w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=724&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 724w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=966&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 966w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-virgil-i-grissom\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1303\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=1303&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.3); transform-origin: 53% 31%; object-position: 53% 31%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=1303&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1303w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=204&h=301&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 204w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=768&h=1132&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=695&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 695w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=1042&h=1535&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1042w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=271&h=399&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 271w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=407&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 407w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=611&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 611w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=814&h=1199&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1303px) 100vw, 1303px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-virgil-i-grissom\/\" target=\"_self\"  class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini III and Apollo 1 astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-redstone-4-liberty-bell-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury-Redstone 4: Liberty Bell 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury-Redstone 4: Liberty Bell 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/gemini-3\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to Gemini III\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Gemini III\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=300,298 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=768,762 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=1024,1017 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=1536,1525 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=400,397 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=600,596 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=900,893 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=1200,1191 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=2000,1985 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/the-apollo-program\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to The Apollo Missions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to The Apollo Missions\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=768,771 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=398,400 398w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=598,600 598w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=896,900 896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-walter-wally-schirra\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1354\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=1354&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portrait of Walter M. Schirra\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 51% 26%; object-position: 51% 26%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=1354&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1354w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=212&h=301&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 212w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=768&h=1089&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=722&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 722w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=1083&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1083w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=282&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 282w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=423&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 423w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=635&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 635w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=846&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1354px) 100vw, 1354px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-walter-wally-schirra\/\" target=\"_self\"  class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">Walter M. Schirra<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini VI-A and Apollo 7 astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-8-sigma-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 8: Sigma 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 8: Sigma 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=768,765 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=1024,1020 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=1536,1530 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=400,398 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=600,598 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=900,896 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=1200,1195 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=2000,1992 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/gemini-vi\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to Gemini VI\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gemini_6_gta-6_patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Gemini VI\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gemini_6_gta-6_patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gemini_6_gta-6_patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gemini_6_gta-6_patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gemini_6_gta-6_patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/apollo-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to Apollo 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1524\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1524&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Apollo 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1524&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=300&h=238&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=768&h=610&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=1024&h=813&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1219&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=400&h=318&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=600&h=476&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=900&h=714&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=1200&h=953&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-alan-shepard\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1510\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=1510&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 57% 38%; object-position: 57% 38%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=1510&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1510w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=236&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 236w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=768&h=977&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=805&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 805w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=1208&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1208w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=315&h=401&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 315w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=472&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 472w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=708&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 708w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=944&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1510px) 100vw, 1510px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-alan-shepard\/\" target=\"_self\"  class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">Alan B. Shepard, Jr.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Redstone 3 and Apollo 14 astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-redstone-3-freedom-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury-Redstone 3: Freedom 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"110\" height=\"108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/163074main_freedom7-logo-t.gif?w=110&h=108&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury-Redstone 3: Freedom 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/163074main_freedom7-logo-t.gif 110w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/163074main_freedom7-logo-t.gif?resize=50,50 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/apollo-14\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to Apollo 14\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apollo_14_crew_patch_s70-17851.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Apollo 14\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apollo_14_crew_patch_s70-17851.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apollo_14_crew_patch_s70-17851.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apollo_14_crew_patch_s70-17851.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apollo_14_crew_patch_s70-17851.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-donald-k-deke-slayton\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1423\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=1423&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 52% 28%; object-position: 52% 28%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=1423&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1423w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=222&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 222w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=768&h=1036&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=759&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 759w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=1138&h=1535&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1138w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=296&h=399&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 296w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=445&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 445w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=667&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 667w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=889&h=1199&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 889w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1423px) 100vw, 1423px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-donald-k-deke-slayton\/\" target=\"_self\"  class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">Donald K. "Deke" Slayton<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Apollo-Soyuz Test Project astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/apollo-soyuz-test-project\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Apollo-Soyuz Test Project\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Apollo-Soyuz Test Project\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=768,765 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=400,398 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=600,598 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=900,896 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav hds-carousel-nav-next display-flex margin-right-auto margin-left-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-left-0 margin-right-0\" aria-label=\"Next Person\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More Topics From NASA<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/astronauts\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Astronauts Home<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/edu_srch_microsofts_hacking_stem.jpg?w=320\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/edu_srch_microsofts_hacking_stem.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/edu_srch_microsofts_hacking_stem.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/edu_srch_microsofts_hacking_stem.jpg?resize=267,400 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Humans In Space<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/topic-humans-in-space.jpg?w=368\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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