An image taken from Spirit’s PanCam looking west depicts the nearby hills named after the astronauts of the Apollo 1. The crew of Apollo 1 perished in flash fire during a launch pad test of t… ...

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 ...

At a ceremony in tribute to Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee for their sacrifice for the space program, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine explains the importance of the Apollo mission and its legacy.