Tag: Gus Grissom
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Video: Apollo 1 tribute opens at the Kennedy Space Center
On the 50th anniversary of the launch pad fire that killed the Apollo 1 astronauts, an immersive exhibit area paying tribute to the three men has opened at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Saturn V Center. Called “Ad Astra Per Aspera – A Rough Road Leads to the Stars,” the permanent exhibition carries the blessings…
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Apollo 1 tragedy remembered 50 years later
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, pose in front of Launch Complex 34. Credit: NASA With the first Apollo launch less than a month away, America’s race to the moon was in high gear. The three-man crew of the first Apollo test flight — commander Virgil “Gus”…