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May 21, 2002 · Mark Grissom was 6 years old when his dad made the historic flight. Grissom, now 48, lives in Yukon and works as an air traffic controller at Will Rogers World Airport. He was glad to see salvage crews finally raise his Dad's capsule to the surface in 1999.
Oct 11, 2018 · Oct. 11, 2018. Betty Grissom, the widow of the astronaut Virgil Grissom, whose death in a launchpad fire in 1967 led her to sue a NASA contractor, died on Saturday at her home in Houston. She...
Jan 26, 2017 · Grissom, a Mercury Seven astronaut and command pilot of Gemini 3, had concerns about the Apollo spacecraft before his death, Mark Grissom said, and he voiced them.
Mark Grissom. Mark Grissom is the youngest son of Gus Grissom and was born at the Bryan Air Force Base hospital on December 30, 1953. A graduate of Clear Creek High School in the suburban Houston area, Mark was offered an ROTC scholarship to attend Texas A&M, but instead chose Purdue University, his father's alma mater.
Jan 27, 2023 · Mark Grissom recalled his father’s concerns about the Apollo 1 mission. “I was kind of expecting him not to go,” he told The Washington Post.
Jan 28, 2017 · Mr. Grissom was 40. Ms. Grissom, 89, was at the memorial again on Friday, wearing a denim jacket with a large Apollo 1 patch in patriotic colors. She joined old friends, family members, and...
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Grissom was a World War II and Korean War veteran, mechanical engineer, and USAF test pilot. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with an oak leaf cluster, two NASA Distinguished Service Medals, and, posthumously, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
