The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad.

HOUSTON — On March 23, 1965, Gemini III lifted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, carrying astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and John Young on America’s first two-person spaceflight.

Alan Shepard and Virgil “Gus” Grissom. This was a significant step in the early days of space exploration, as it involved the ...

He offered fellow astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom, mission commander some but soon realized it probably wasn't the best snack for the flight. The transcript from the mission says it all.

They called it the Gusmobile. That's "Gus" as in Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom. "Gus really had a big hand in everything, from the way the cockpit was laid out to what instruments went where," says John ...

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 ...

Officially, astronauts Gordon Cooper and Virgil “Gus” Grissom were stopping in Fort Wayne to shop for a trailer to be used as a dressing room at Cape Canaveral. Unofficially, most of their 71/ ...

It provides an in-depth look at the lives and families of the three Apollo 1 astronauts — Roger Chaffee, Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Edward White — who were killed when a fire swept through their ...

Everyone knew it would happen one day, spaceman Virgil “Gus” Grissom knew. Virgil “Gus” Grissom: “My crew has been serving the nation and serving the country, and here is another ...

Oklahoma executed Wendell Grissom on Thursday for the murder of 23-year-old Amber Matthews in front of her best friend’s two ...

On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced the “Mercury Seven,” its first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald “Deke” Slayton, to ...