Portrait – Astronaut Grissom, Virgil I.S87-40119 (1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom. (NOTE: Astronaut "Gus" Grissom, one of the original seven astronauts, died January 27, 1967, at NASA?s John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Cape Canaveral Florida, in the Apollo 1 spacecraft fire.) Facebook Pinterest X LinkedIn Email https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/amf-s87-40119/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShareTakenAugust 17, 1987ProducerJSCSize1536x1920pxPIA NumberS87-40119