Betty Lavonne Grissom, the widow of astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom who successfully sued a NASA contractor after his death in the 1967 Apollo launch pad fire, has died. She was 91. Mark Grissom said ...

Selected as one of NASA's original Seven Mercury Astronauts, Gus Grissom would go on to become the first man to fly in space twice and later give his life to the NASA space program. This book unearths ...

I'll admit, I was worried. But The Astronaut Wives Club Season 1 Episode 8 honors the story of Gus Grissom's death in a beautiful way. The past several episodes have whisked us through history without ...

Betty Lavonne Grissom, who successfully sued a NASA contractor after her husband, Virgil “Gus” Grissom, and two other astronauts died in the 1967 Apollo launch pad fire, has died. She was 91. Mark ...