NASA Eyes Suborbital Human Spaceflight Services

July 09, 2020
Virgil Grissom
Mercury astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom, who launched on July 21, 1961, became the second—and last—U.S. astronaut to fly in suborbital space.
Credit: NASA
The last time a NASA astronaut strapped inside a spaceship for a suborbital flight was on July 21, 1961, when Virgil “Gus” Grissom was dispatched for a second test of the Mercury—Redstone system. Challenged to get astronauts to the Moon in nine years, suborbital flight was quickly abandoned as NASA...

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