Krist also represented the widow of astronaut Gus Grissom, who died in a pre-launch fire in 1967, and family member of astronauts killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. Ronald "Ronny ...

A member of the Mercury Seven – the original seven astronauts selected in 1959 by NASA for the United States’ first attempt at manned spaceflight – Virgil “Gus” Grissom was a true aerospace pioneer.

On his last visit home to Texas on Jan. 22, 1967, astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom grabbed a lemon off a tree in his backyard. His wife asked what he planned to do with it. “I’m going to ...

National Air and Space Museum On his last visit home to Texas on Jan. 22, 1967, astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom grabbed a lemon off a tree in his backyard. His wife asked what he planned to do ...

White Trophy and the NASA Exceptional Service Medal. 1959: Gus Grissom, a native of Mitchell, Ind., and a Purdue graduate, is selected as one of the Mercury 7, America's first astronauts.

When the clock ticked 6:31 P.M. at Cape Canaveral on January 27, 1967, an electrical fire erupted inside the command module where astronauts Gus Grissom ... Grissom’s hung a lemon on the ...

When Grissom realized that raising his voice wasn't making much of a difference, he famously picked a lemon from his citrus tree at home and brought it to Cape Kennedy (now known as Cape Canaveral ...

Anyone who's seen the 1983 film The Right Stuff might remember the scene where astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom (played by actor Fred Ward) nearly drowns after splashdown when the hatch on his ...

NASA exonerated astronaut Gus Grissom,... Anyone who's seen the 1983 film The Right Stuff might remember the scene where astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom (played by actor Fred Ward) nearly drowns ...