Today, we honor astronaut Gus Grissom on what would have been his 99th birthday. The Cosmosphere is proud to house the Mercury space capsule in which he flew in 1961, Liberty Bell 7. This capsule spent 38 years at the bottom of the ocean before it was preserved and restored by SpaceWorks, a division of the Cosmosphere which specializes in restoration and fabrication. For more information about SpaceWorks, visit cosmo.org/spaceworks. #space #nasa #gusgrissom #mercurycapsule #mercuryprogram #mercu

Bart builds his argument around timing, behavior, and testimony rather than technical detail. He recalls Gus Grissom openly questioning readiness, pointing to basic communication failures and equipment problems that, in his view, contradicted the confidence required for a lunar mission. He references rehearsal footage showing malfunctions and recounts statements from Grissom’s widow, who recounted her husband describing unusual intelligence presence on the launchpad shortly before his death. Gri