Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom
NASA Astronaut
Nationality	American
Status	Killed during a training exercise and test in Florida
Born	April 3, 1926(1926-04-03) Mitchell, Indiana
Died	January 27, 1967 (aged 40) Cape Canaveral, Florida
Other occupation	Test pilot
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
Space time	5h 7m
Selection	1959 NASA Group
Missions	Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini 3, Apollo 1
Mission insignia

Virgil Ivan Grissom, more widely known as Gus Grissom, (3 April 1926 – 27 January 1967) was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a United States Air Force pilot. He was the second American to fly in space. Grissom was killed along with fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee during a training exercise and pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at the Kennedy Space Center. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and, posthumously, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2244x2857, 457 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Gus Grissom Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... For other uses, see NASA (disambiguation). ... is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mitchell is a city in Lawrence County, Indiana, United States. ... is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the area of Florida. ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ... Test pilots are aviators who fly new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated. ... Lieutenant Colonel is a rank of the United States armed forces which is currently used by the United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps, and United States National Guard. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1984 1985 1987 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 2000 2003 2004 1958 June 25 - Man In Space Soonest - USA The first group of American astronaut candidates were selected... Mercury 4 was a Mercury program manned space mission launched on July 21, 1961 using a Redstone rocket. ... Gemini 3 was a 1965 manned space flight in NASAs Gemini program. ... Italics indicate parameters for the planned mission canceled following the Jan 27 fire. ... Mercury 4 insignia. ... Image File history File links Gemini3. ... Image File history File links Apollo_1_patch. ... is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see NASA (disambiguation). ... Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States. ... For other uses, see Astronaut (disambiguation). ... USAF redirects here. ... For other uses, see Aviator (disambiguation). ... Edward Higgins White, II (Lt. ... Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was a U.S. Navy pilot who became an American astronaut in the Apollo program. ... Italics indicate parameters for the planned mission canceled following the Jan 27 fire. ... Merritt Island and Kennedy Space Center (shown in white). ... The Distinguished Flying Cross. ... Congressional Space Medal of Honor The Congressional Space Medal of Honor was authorized by the United States Congress in 1969 to recognize any astronaut who in the performance of his duties has distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious efforts and contributions to the welfare of the Nation and mankind. ...

Background

Grissom was born in Mitchell, Indiana. As a child he attended the local Church of Christ and became a lifelong member. Grissom graduated from Mitchell High School and in 1950 earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, then enlisted in the United States Air Force. He married Betty Moore Grissom and they had two children, Scott and Mark. Grissom was a master Mason and member of Mitchell Lodge 228. Mitchell is a city in Lawrence County, Indiana, United States. ... Alternate meanings: see Church of Christ (disambiguation). ... Mitchell High School is a small public high school located in Mitchell, Indiana. ... B.S. redirects here. ... Purdue redirects here. ... USAF redirects here. ... Freemasons redirects here. ...

Military pilot

USAF F-86-01 similar to the aircraft Grissom flew in Korea.

Grissom received his pilot wings in March 1951. His first assignment was in Korea as an F-86 Sabre replacement pilot with the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing. Grissom flew 100 combat missions during the Korean conflict with the 334th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. After returning from Korea he served as an instructor pilot at Bryan AFB in Bryan, Texas.^[1] In August 1955 Grissom entered the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio to study aeronautical engineering.^[1] In October 1956 he entered the test pilot school at Edwards Air Force Base, California and returned to Wright-Patterson in May 1957 as a test pilot assigned to the fighter branch.^[1][2] Download high resolution version (2388x1468, 233 KB)North American F86, Oshkosh, 2003, taken & submitted by Paul Maritz (paulmaz) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (2388x1468, 233 KB)North American F86, Oshkosh, 2003, taken & submitted by Paul Maritz (paulmaz) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... USAF redirects here. ... The first proposals for the North American Aviation F-86 Sabre were made in 1944, but construction was not begun until after World War II. Many elements of German jet design were implemented in the Sabre, after the American liberation troops captured a number of working Messerschmitt Me 262 experimental... Air Force aeronautical ratings are military aviation skill standards established and awarded by the United States Air Force for commissioned officers participating in aerial and space flight. ... The North American F-86 Sabre (sometimes called the Sabrejet) was a transonic combat aircraft developed for the US Air Force. ... The 4th Fighter Wing is a F-15E Strike Eagle unit based at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base , North Carolina. ... The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ... Riverside Campus is part of Texas A&M University. ... Bryan is a city in Brazos County, Texas, United States. ... The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) is located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio in Area B. The Institute includes a School of Systems and Logistics, and a School of Engineering. ... Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force base in Greene and Montgomery counties, adjacent to Riverside, Fairborn, Beavercreek, and Dayton, Ohio. ... Test pilots are aviators who fly new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated. ... Edwards Air Force Base (IATA: EDW, ICAO: KEDW) is a United States Air Force airbase located on the border of Kern County and Los Angeles County, California in the Antelope Valley, 7 miles (11 km) due east of Rosamond. ...

Astronaut

The Project Mercury astronauts with a model of an Atlas rocket, 12 July 1962.

As an Air Force captain in 1959 Grissom underwent a series of physical and psychological tests and was then chosen as one of the seven Project Mercury astronauts.^[3] Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States. ...

Liberty Bell 7

Grissom in front of the Liberty Bell 7 capsule.

Grissom was pilot of Mercury-Redstone 4, popularly known as Liberty Bell 7, the second American (suborbital) spaceflight. After splashdown explosive bolts blew the hatch off unexpectedly and water flooded into the tiny capsule. Grissom exited through the open hatch and into the ocean but nearly drowned as water filled his flightsuit while a helicopter tried to lift and recover the spacecraft. However, the capsule had become too heavy with water and sank. Grissom strongly asserted he had done nothing to blow the hatch and NASA officials eventually agreed with him. Initiating the explosive egress system required hitting a metal trigger with the side of a closed fist. This was later shown to leave a big bruise but Grissom did not have one. The capsule was recovered in 1999 but no evidence was found which could explain how the hatch opened on its own. Years after, Guenter Wendt (who was pad leader for the early American manned space launches) wrote he believed a small cover over the external release actuator was accidentally lost sometime during the flight or splashdown and the T-handle may have been tugged by a stray parachute shroud line, or was perhaps damaged by the heat of re-entry, cooled upon splashdown, contracted and then fired.^[3] Mercury 4 Crewman: Grissom. ... Mercury 4 Crewman: Grissom. ... Mercury 4 was a Mercury program manned space mission launched on July 21, 1961 using a Redstone rocket. ... A sub-orbital spaceflight (or sub-orbital flight) is a spaceflight that does not involve putting a vehicle into orbit. ... Atlantic splashdown locations of American spacecraft. ... Guenter F. Wendt was a native German, immigrated to the U.S. in 1949 and became a U.S. citizen in 1955. ...

Gemini 3

In early 1964 Alan Shepard was grounded after being diagnosed with Ménière's disease and Grissom was designated command pilot for Gemini 3, the first manned Project Gemini flight. This mission would make him the first astronaut to fly twice beyond the accepted boundary of space. Grissom was one of the smaller-sized astronauts and he worked very closely with the engineers and technicians from McDonnell Aircraft who built the Gemini capsule. The first three spacecraft were built around him and the design was humorously named the Gusmobile. However by July 1963 NASA discovered 14 out of the 16 astronauts could not fit themselves into the cabin and later cockpits were modified.^[4] During this time Grissom innovated a multi-axis joystick for controlling the maneuvering thrusters with one hand. For other persons named Alan Shepard, see Alan Shepard (disambiguation). ... Ménières disease is a disorder of the inner ear that can affect hearing and balance. ... Gemini 3 was a 1965 manned space flight in NASAs Gemini program. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... For people with the surname McDonnell, see McDonnell (surname). ... For other uses, see Joystick (disambiguation). ...

Naming of the Molly Brown

Gemini 3 mission patch design.

In a joking nod to the sinking of his Mercury craft Grissom named the first Gemini capsule the Molly Brown after the popular Broadway show The Unsinkable Molly Brown but NASA publicity officials were unhappy with this name. When Grissom and Young were ordered to come up with a new one they offered The Titanic. Aghast, NASA executives gave in and allowed the name Molly Brown but didn't use it in any official references. Subsequently and much to the agency's chagrin, on launch CAPCOM Gordon Cooper gave Gemini 3 its sendoff by saying over the uplink, "You're on your way, Molly Brown!" and ground controllers used this name throughout the flight. Gemini 3 insignia File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Gemini 3 insignia File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Gemini 3 was a 1965 manned space flight in NASAs Gemini program. ... Margaret (Molly) Brown Margaret Tobin Brown (July 18, 1867 - October 26, 1932), also known as The Unsinkable Molly Brown, was an American socialite, philanthropist and activist who became famous as one of the survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. ... This article is about the stage musical. ... For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator. ... Leroy Gordon Gordo Cooper, Jr. ... Gemini 3 was a 1965 manned space flight in NASAs Gemini program. ...

After the safe return of Gemini 3 NASA announced new spacecraft would not be named. Hence Gemini IV was not named American Eagle as planned. The naming of spacecraft resumed in 1967 after managers found the Apollo flights needed a name for each of two flight elements, the command module and lunar module. Lobbying by the astronauts and senior NASA administrators also had an effect. Apollo 9 had the callsigns Gumdrop for the command module and Spider for the lunar module. However, Wally Schirra had been prevented from naming his Apollo 7 spacecraft the Phoenix in honor of Grissom's Apollo 1 crew since it was believed the average taxpayer would not take a fire metaphor as intended. Gemini 3 was a 1965 manned space flight in NASAs Gemini program. ... Gemini 4 (officially Gemini IV) was a 1965 manned space flight in NASAs Gemini program. ... The Apollo program was a human spaceflight program undertaken by NASA during the years 1961 – 1975 with the goal of conducting manned moon landing missions. ... The Command/Service Module (CSM) was a spacecraft built for NASA by North American Aviation. ... The LEM flight instrumentation panel and front windows. ... Apollo 9 was the third manned mission in the Apollo program, a ten day Earth-orbital mission launched 3 March 1969. ... Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. ... Apollo 7 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launched. ... Italics indicate parameters for the planned mission canceled following the Jan 27 fire. ...

Death

Apollo 1 crew, Grissom, White and Chaffee

Apollo I mission patch design

Grissom was backup command pilot for Gemini 6 when he shifted to the Apollo program and was assigned as commander of AS-204, which was meant to be the first manned Apollo flight. He was killed along with fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee when the Apollo 1 command module caught fire and burned on the launchpad during a training exercise and pre-launch test at Cape Kennedy on 27 January 1967. The fire's ignition source was never determined but their deaths were attributed to a wide range of lethal design hazards in the early Apollo command module such as its highly pressurized 100% oxygen atmosphere during the test, many wiring and plumbing flaws, flammable materials in the cockpit, a hatch which might not open at all in an emergency and even the flightsuits worn by the astronauts. These along with other flaws and design problems were fixed and the Apollo program carried on successfully. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3000x2400, 2207 KB) Description: From left, Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee pose in front of their Saturn 1 launch vehicle at Launch Complex 34 at the Kennedy Space Center. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3000x2400, 2207 KB) Description: From left, Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee pose in front of their Saturn 1 launch vehicle at Launch Complex 34 at the Kennedy Space Center. ... Image File history File links Apollo_1_patch. ... Image File history File links Apollo_1_patch. ... Apollo One is the name given to the Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) spacecraft after it was destroyed by fire during a training exercise on January 27, 1967, at Pad 34 atop a Saturn IB rocket. ... Gemini 6A (officially Gemini VI-A) was a 1965 manned spaceflight in NASAs Gemini program. ... Apollo One is the name given to the Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) spacecraft after it was destroyed by fire during a training exercise on January 27, 1967, at Pad 34 atop a Saturn IB rocket. ... Edward Higgins White, II (Lt. ... Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was a U.S. Navy pilot who became an American astronaut in the Apollo program. ... Italics indicate parameters for the planned mission canceled following the Jan 27 fire. ... Cape Canaveral is a strip of land in Brevard County, Florida, near the center of the Atlantic coast. ... is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ...

Grissom was a Lieutenant Colonel at the time of his death and had logged a total of 4,600 hours flying time, including 3,500 hours in jet aircraft. In his 1994 autobiography Deke! chief astronaut Deke Slayton said he wanted one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts to be the first on the moon and, "Had Gus been alive, as a Mercury astronaut he would have taken the step." Slayton also wrote, "My first choice would have been Gus, which both Chris Kraft and Bob Gilruth seconded." Lieutenant Colonel is a rank of the United States armed forces which is currently used by the United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps, and United States National Guard. ... Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ... Donald Kent Deke Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was one of the original Mercury Seven NASA astronauts. ... Original seven Astronauts portrait (L-R: Schirra, Shepard, Slayton, Grissom, Glenn, Cooper, Carpenter) The Mercury Seven was the group of seven Mercury astronauts picked in April 1959. ...

Grissom and Chaffee are both buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. White is buried at West Point Cemetery. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... West Point Cemetery is an historic cemetery on the grounds of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. ...

Spacesuit controversy

Grissom's MR-4 spacesuit on display at the Astronaut Hall of Fame

When the Astronaut Hall of Fame opened in 1990 his family loaned it the spacesuit worn by Grissom during Mercury 4 along with other personal artifacts belonging to the astronaut. In 2002 the museum went into bankruptcy and was taken over by a NASA contractor, whereupon the family asked for everything back.^[5] All the artifacts were returned to them except the spacesuit, which NASA claimed was government property.^[6] NASA insisted Grissom got authorization to use the spacesuit for a show and tell at his son's school and never returned it but some Grissom family members claimed the astronaut rescued the spacesuit from a scrap heap.^[7] The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame is located in Titusville, Florida. ... Apollo 15 space suit A spacesuit is a complex system of garments, equipment, and environmental systems designed to keep a person alive and comfortable in the harsh environment of outer space. ... Mercury 4 was a Mercury program manned space mission launched on July 21, 1961 using a Redstone rocket. ... Show and tell is the process of showing an audience something and telling them about it and usually done in a classroom. ...

Awards and honors

• Distinguished Flying Cross for service in Korea
• Air Medal with cluster for service in Korea
• Two NASA Distinguished Service Medals
• NASA Exceptional Service Medal
• Air Force Command Pilot rating with astronaut qualifier
• Honorary Doctorate, Florida Institute of Technology
• Congressional Space Medal of Honor, 1978 (posthumous)
• Honorary Mayor of Newport News, Virginia (posthumous)

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Memorials

One of two Apollo 1 memorial plaques at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34.

• Navi (Ivan backwards), a star formerly named Epsilon Cassiopeiae: Grissom and one of his flight crews had used the star to calibrate their equipment, wrote the name in logs as a joke and it eventually stuck.^[8]
• Grissom Hill is 7.5 km (4.7 mi) southwest of Columbia Memorial Station on Mars and is one of the Apollo 1 Hills.
• A landmark on the moon is called Marina Grissom.

• Grissom's boyhood home on Grissom Avenue in Mitchell, Indiana has been restored into a small museum which includes his Gemini 3 spacecraft and flight suit. A limestone carving of the Titan II rocket which launched the Gemini flight is in downtown Mitchell. There is also a memorial in Spring Mill State Park. Grissom attended Mitchell High School and its auditorium is named for him.
• Virgil I. Grissom Library, Denbigh section of Newport News, Virginia.
• Virgil "Gus" Grissom Park, Fullerton, California. (Fullerton also has parks named for White and Chaffee).^[9]
• The Gus Grissom Stakes, thoroughbred horse race run each fall at Hoosier Park in Anderson, Indiana.
• Grissom Island, artificial island, Long Beach Harbor off Southern California.

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Military

• Bunker Hill Air Force Base in Peru, Indiana was renamed on May 12, 1968 to Grissom Air Force Base. In 1994 it was again renamed to Grissom Air Reserve Base following the USAF's realignment program.^[10]
• Grissom Dining Facility, Misawa Air Base, Japan.
• Grissom was the "Class Exemplar" of the United States Air Force Academy class of 2007.

Peru is a city in Miami County, Indiana, United States. ... Grissom Air Reserve Base (IATA: GUS, ICAO: KGUS), formerly known as Grissom Air Force Base, is located in North-Central Indiana, about sixty miles north of Indianapolis. ... Aerial photo of Security Hill American and Japanese air traffic controllers work together in Misawas busy control tower. ... The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA or Air Force),[1] located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States, is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air Force. ...

Schools

• Grissom Hall, an engineering building at Purdue University, his alma mater.^[11]
• Grissom Hall, Florida Institute of Technology.
• Grissom Hall, SUNY Fredonia.
• Virgil I. Grissom High School, Huntsville, Alabama.^[12]
• Virgil I. Grissom Middle School, Mishawaka, Indiana.
• Virgil I. Grissom Middle School, Tinley Park, Illinois.
• Virgil I. Grissom Middle School, Sterling Heights, Michigan.
• Virgil I. Grissom Middle School 226, South Ozone Park, Queens, New York.
• Virgil Grissom Elementary School, Old Bridge, New Jersey.^[13]
• Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School, Hegewisch, Illinois.
• Virgil Grissom Elementary, Princeton, Iowa.
• Grissom Elementary School, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• Virgil I. Grissom School No. 7, Rochester, New York.
• V.I. Grissom Elementary School, former Clark Air Base, Philippines (closed).

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Film and television

Grissom has been noted and remembered in many film and television productions. Before he became widely known as an astronaut, the film Air Cadet (1951) starring Richard Long and Rock Hudson briefly featured Grissom early in the movie as a U.S. Air Force candidate for flight school at Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas. Grissom was depicted by Fred Ward in the film The Right Stuff (1983) and (very briefly) in the film Apollo 13 (1995) by Steve Bernie. He was portrayed in the TV mini-series From the Earth to the Moon (1998) by Mark Rolston. Actor Kevin McCorkle played Grissom in the third season finale of the NBC television show American Dreams. Bryan Cranston played Grissom as a nervous variety-show guest in the film That Thing You Do! In the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock the Federation starship sent to survey the newly formed Genesis Planet is named USS Grissom. The character Gus Griswald in the popular children's TV show Recess is named after Grissom (his fictional father is a General in the US Army and Gus is his recruit). The character Gil Grissom in the CBS television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation^[14] and the character Virgil Tracy in the British television series Thunderbirds are named after the astronaut. NASA footage including Grissom's Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions was released in high definition on the Discovery Channel in June 2008 in the television series When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions.^[3] Richard Long (December 17, 1927 - December 21, 1974) was an American actor best known for his roles in The Big Valley and Nanny and the Professor. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Randolph Air Force Base (Randolph AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force located in Bexar County, Texas near San Antonio. ... San Antonio redirects here. ... Frederick Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American actor. ... Apollo 13 is a 1995 film portrayal of the ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970. ... From the Earth to the Moon is a twelve-part HBO television miniseries (1998) co-produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tom Hanks, and Michael Bostick detailing the landmark Apollo expeditions to the Moon during the 1960s and early 1970s. ... Mark Rolston (R) in Aliens Mark Rolston (December 7, 1956 - ) an American actor, born in Baltimore, Maryland. ... This article is about the television network. ... American Dreams was an American television drama program broadcast on the NBC television network. ... Bryan L. Cranston (born March 7, 1956 in San Fernando Valley, California) is an Award-winning American actor, voice actor, writer and director, best known in his role as Hal, the father of the family in the Fox Network television situation comedy Malcolm in the Middle. ... For the song featured in this film, see That Thing You Do (song). ... Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Paramount Pictures, 1984; see also 1984 in film) is the third feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... The United Federation of Planets, (also known as the UFP or The Federation) is a fictional interplanetary state depicted in the Star Trek television series and motion pictures. ... This article or section should include material from Project Genesis, eliminating duplication and integrating references. ... The USS Grissom was an Oberth Class Federation science vessel, commanded by Captain J.T. Esteban, and seen in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. ... Recess is an American animated television series that was created by Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere, and produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. ... Gilbert Gil Grissom, Ph. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of puppetry dubbed Supermarionation. The series followed the adventures of International Rescue, an organisation created to help those in grave danger using technically advanced equipment and machinery. ... Discovery Channel is a cable and satellite TV channel founded by John Hendricks which is distributed by Discovery Communications. ...

Quote

- after the Gemini 3 mission, March 1965

References

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External links

• Gus Grissom - I Knew Him
• Indiana Historical Society tribute to Gus Grissom
• Detailed Biographies of Apollo I Crew - Gus Grissom - NASA
• NASA biography
• Grissom page at Astronaut Memorial Foundation
• Spacefacts biography
• Roadside America review of Grissom Museum
• Virgil Ivan Grissom Photographs of grave site, Arlington National Cemetery along with other photographs and a brief biography.
• Gus Grissom at Find A Grave