Was Gus Grissom the first American to fly to outer space?
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No, Gus Grissom was not the first American to fly to outer space. The first American to fly to outer space was Alan Shepard, who went on a suborbital flight in 1961. Grissom was the second American to fly to outer space, and he made two more spaceflights after that.
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