Braves Hall of Famer Chipper Jones and Marquis Grissom will be managers for the All-Star Futures Game on July 12 at Truist ...

Gus Darnall of Vestavia Hills was second ... CLASS 7A GIRLS: Auburn’s Kate Ha, UMS-Wright’s Frances Brown and Grissom’s Klare Jamison tied for low medalist honors with 2-under 142 totals for 36 holes.

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 ...

Lowell Grissom speaks about his brother, Mercury astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom, who was commander of Apollo 1. And Ed White III and his sister Bonnie recall their father, who two years prior to ...

Astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee were on board the spacecraft when an electrical spark caused a fire in the pure oxygen environment. The fire spread very ...

On this date, Jan. 27, 1967, NASA astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee died during a pre-launch test for Apollo 1. A flash fire swept through the capsule so quickly ...

Alan Shepard and Virgil “Gus” Grissom. This was a significant step in the early days of space exploration, as it involved the development of a 1.5-million-pound thrust rocket engine to power a ...

Alan Shepard and Virgil “Gus” Grissom. This was a significant step in the early days of space exploration, as it involved the development of a 1.5-million-pound thrust rocket engine to power a ...

The letter came just over a month after the Apollo 1 launchpad fire at Cape Kennedy that killed astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee. The accident left NASA and its ...

George McGovern, and astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom, who flew 100 missions during the Korean War. Lindbergh’s nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic on May 20-21, 1927, made aeronautical ...

The park itself consists of 1,358 acres. There are other features of this park worth mentioning including a memorial to Virgil Gus Grissom, who was the second astronaut in space. Some of the ...

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.