GC5EYYB Gus Grissom
Type: Traditional | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: estrek @ | Hide Date: 10/16/2014 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 18.772 W105° 10.719 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
                   

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This is one of a series of caches honoring our astronauts. These are/were people who accomplished great things in the exploration of space. The world is a better place because of these pioneers.

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Virgil Ivan Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was the second American to fly into space. He was one of the original seven astronauts.

On July 21, 1961, Grissom was pilot of the second Project Mercury flight, Mercury-Redstone 4, popularly known as Liberty Bell 7. This was a suborbital flight that lasted 15 minutes and 37 seconds. After splashdown, emergency explosive bolts unexpectedly fired and blew the hatch off, causing water to flood into the spacecraft. Quickly exiting through the open hatch and into the ocean, Grissom was nearly drowned as water began filling his spacesuit. A recovery helicopter tried to lift and recover the spacecraft, but the flooding spacecraft became too heavy, and it was ultimately cut loose before sinking.

Grissom was surrounded by reporters in a news conference after his space flight in America's second manned ship. When asked how he felt, he replied, "Well, I was scared a good portion of the time; I guess that's a pretty good indication."

Grissom was killed along with fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (then known as Cape Kennedy), Florida. He was the first of the Mercury Seven to die. He was also a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and, posthumously, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

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***Congratulations to waawhoo for being FTF!***

06/22/2019 By LostinDenver
Today, after the Inquiring Minds event, I went caching with my caching buddies, @2lablovers . We roamed the areas west of Berthoud and grabbed a variety of cache types. Just as we left the event a storm kicked up and dumped on us. Pretty hard to see in front of us, but we made it. By the end of the adventure, the rain was barely a trickle. It was a lot of fun.
Thanks Gus Grissom for a reason to place a cache and a great reason to to find it. TFTC!

06/22/2019 By 2lablovers
Caching with LostinDenver after the challenge event. Nice tribute for a great American astronaut.

04/19/2019 By goblin8u2

02/13/2019 By FayColSalTom
Large white Pyrenees dog barked at me the whole time I was looking. Way to wake up the neighborhood! Thanks for the cache.

10/28/2018 By Herenthere420
1st of the day! Almost left and then a little voice in me said look again tftc!!

07/10/2018 By EstesLynne
Oh man, I didn't spot this at first. Huge face palm on that one! It's there, it's a really easy find (or should be), and it's in good shape. What more could a cacher want?! Out with GanderGoose for a Berthoud area caching binge; TFTC!

07/10/2018 By GanderGoose
EstesLynne and I had a grand caching adventure today in the Berthoud area. Nice tribute cache and a lovely, scenic drive. Thanks for the placement, estrek!

07/10/2018 By jacobboulder
Quick find with tracylhs. Caching our way up to the NoCo Geo-Night Out #7. It’s hot today but still nice weather for caching. SL. TFTC!

Find #3639

07/10/2018 By tracylhs
Quick png with jacobboulder on our way to NoCo Geonight Out. TFTC!

03/29/2018 By OneKindWord
Nice quick find while passing by today. Everything is in good shape! TFTC