Gus Grissom NASA Bio Learn More Grissom was assigned to serve as commander of the AS-204 (Apollo 1) mission. However, on Jan. 27, 1967, Grissom and astronauts Roger Chaffee, a fellow Purdue alumnus, ...

After groundbreaking success with the Mercury and Gemini missions, NASA was rocked by the Apollo 1 disaster, in which all three crew members (Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee) were killed ...

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.

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. “I’m going to ...

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 ...

On Apollo 1, during a launch rehearsal test on Jan. 27, 1967, all three astronauts on board — Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee — died when a fire swept through the command module.

Apollo 1 astronauts, (L-R), Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee suited up and visiting the Saturn launch pad.

Since the flash fire that killed Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee last January, the Apollo program has been at a mournful standstill. Eyes previously trained on the moon have turned during ...

CBS News reports on the death of NASA Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee on January 27, 1967. Mike Wallace anchored the report that included archival interviews of the ...

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. “I’m going to ...

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. “I’m going to ...