On March 23, 1965, the Speedmaster ST 105.003 made its first journey into space on the wrists of astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and John Young during the Gemini 3 mission – marking its ...

He died with Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Lt. Col. Edward H. White, when a flash fire occurred during a launch pad test at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He was survived by his wife and two ...

Roger B. Chaffee, 31, a United States Navy Lieutenant Commander, was preparing for his first space flight. He died with Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Lt. Col. Edward H. White, when a flash fire occurred ...

Ahead of MR-3’s launch, NASA announced that three astronauts from the Mercury Seven – John Glenn, Virgil “Gus” Grissom, and Shepard – were in the reckoning. Even though Shepard was ...

Just three weeks after the qualification was granted, on the 23rd of March, 1965, the Speedmaster ST 105.003 officially went into space for the first time on the wrists of Virgil “Gus” Grissom and ...

ABOVE VIDEO: Tom Jennings talks with Steve Wilson in the latest edition of “Sit Down with Steve.” Jennings is the filmmaker for the documentary The Real Right Stuff. The documentary chronicles ...

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 ...

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It was there, in an office tucked away in a 7-Eleven parking lot, that a chance encounter with Betty Grissom, the widow of Apollo astronaut Gus Grissom, transformed their lives. Ronny courageously ...