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Grissom spent about 4 hours in space for his first time. In 1959, which is when he did go into space the first time. He had been selected to be one of NASA's Original Seven Mercuryty Astronauts. Although, he was picked second out of the group of astronauts. In total of his life, he spent 28 days in space throughout his life.

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