Located in the serene Spring Mill State Park, the Gus Grissom Memorial stands as a tribute to one of America’s most celebrated astronauts, Virgil “Gus” Grissom. Known affectionately as ...

Purdue responded to the tragedy by naming two engineering buildings after Grissom and Chaffee. Among those in attendance at the buildings’ 1968 dedication ceremonies were the astronauts’ widows and ...

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.

Before his ordeal, Astronaut Grissom went twice through the tedious preparations for flight,..sealed each time into the Mercury capsule Liberty Bell 7 on the nose of the Redstone rocket.

Roger Chaffee was just 31 years old when he and fellow astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, also a Purdue alumnus, and Ed White were killed during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission on Jan. 27, ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. For about 15 minutes on July 21, 1961, American astronaut Gus Grissom felt at the top of the world – and indeed he was. Grissom crewed ...

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.