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GRISSOM & IRWIN

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GRISSOM & IRWIN
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>GRISSOM & IRWIN </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>Mercury astronaut </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase'>Virgil “Gus” Grissom</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'> (1926-1967), the second American in space, died in a flash fire aboard an Apollo spacecraft during a ground test at Cape Kennedy along with two other astronauts. Moonwalker </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase'>James Irwin</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'> (1930-1991) piloted the lunar module on Apollo 15. Commemorative cover ink stamped “NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Rendezvous Mission, Gemini VII-VI-A” together with flight crew last names, postmarked at Webster, TX, Dec 15, 1965. Boldly signed by the two astronauts, Irwin adding “<i>Apollo 15</i>,” and a small sketch of a crescent moon. General toning, o/w Fine.</span></p>