By which Space Agency was Gus Grissom selected as an astronaut?
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Gus Grissom was selected as an astronaut by NASA, the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He was one of the seven Mercury Seven astronauts, and he became the second American to fly into space in 1961. Grissom was also a member of the Apollo 1 crew, which perished in a fire during a launch rehearsal in 1967.
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