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Who was the second US astronaut?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

The second US astronaut to fly to space was Virgil "Gus" Grissom (1926-1967), who flew a sub-orbital flight to the altitude of 118.26 mi (190 km) on July 21, 1961. His capsule was named "Liberty Bell 7" and the launch vehicle was Mercury-Redstone 4.

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