Grissom's Mercury-Redstone 4 | MR-4 spacesuit on display at the Astronaut Hall of Fame

NASA footage including Grissom's Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions was released in high definition on the Discovery Channel in June 2008 in the television series When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions.

The final chapter is dated January 1967, a few days before Grissom's death on the Apollo launch pad.

The same design was printed on the cover of Gus Grissom's book GEMINI.

The spacecraft is on display within the Grissom Memorial of Spring Mill State Park, two miles east of Grissom's hometown of Mitchell, Indiana.

They were training for this mission when tragedy struck on January 27, 1967: A cabin fire killed Grissom's crew and brought a 22-month suspension of manned Apollo flights.

It was discovered by the Spirit rover, and named on January 27, 2004-the 37th anniversary of the Apollo 1 launchpad fire, which claimed Grissom's life, along with other crewmembers Ed White and Roger Chaffee.

There are also many other sites that update daily news about either Gil Grissom's status on CSI or William Petersen's activities in real life.

On September 27, 2007, after CSIs season eight premiered, a miniature model of Gil Grissom's office ( which he was seen building during season seven ) was put up for auction on eBay.

Consequently, Sara Sidle is submerged into depression after her kidnap in the season seven finale, and, even though she accepts Grissom's marriage proposal on the season's fourth episode, she shows signs of burnout during the subsequent episodes, breaking down on the season's seventh episode, leaving Las Vegas and the CSIs with only a goodbye letter for Grissom and a good luck note for Ronnie Lake.

Consequently, Sara Sidle is submerged into depression after she is abducted in the season seven finale ( she is rescued in the first episode of the new season ), and, even though she accepts Grissom's marriage proposal on the season's fourth episode, she shows signs of burnout during the subsequent episodes, breaking down on the season's seventh episode, leaving Las Vegas with only a goodbye letter for Grissom in which she tells him she loves him-also kissing him out of the blue in front of another colleague-and a good luck note for Ronnie Lake ( played by Jessica Lucas ).

A season eight scene showed Catherine Willows visiting Grissom's apartment, updating him on a case.

Grissom's car slid into the inside wall and flipped on the roof.

He also gets on Grissom's case for not drawing his firearm, even in appropriate situations.

Then, on January 27, 1967, Grissom's crew was killed in a flash fire in their spacecraft cabin during a test on the launch pad, interrupting the program for 21 months to identify and fix the root causes of a major safety problem.

The Virgil I. Gus Grissom Memorial, located just inside of Spring Mill State Park near Mitchell, contains many mementos of Grissom's career, including the space capsule he commanded, " The Molly Brown ", from Gemini 3, and the space suit worn during his Mercury Liberty Bell 7 mission.

He was asked by Betty Grissom, the widow of astronaut Gus Grissom, to be one of the pallbearers at Grissom's funeral at Arlington National Cemetery.

The memorial features the spacecraft from Grissom's Gemini 3 space flight, nicknamed by Grissom the " Molly Brown " ( after the play The Unsinkable Molly Brown ), as well as a short video about the life of Grissom, and artifacts such as a space suit, helmet, and many personal effects.

A romantic relationship between Sidle and her supervisor, Gil Grissom, was hinted at during the first years of the show, but it was only in CSIs season six that the relationship was confirmed and then made definitive with Grissom's marriage proposal in season eight.

In season four, Grissom's true feelings were revealed in " Butterflied ", an episode that centers entirely around Grissom exploring his attraction to Sidle when confronted with a dead woman who bore a striking resemblance to her.

Grissom's mother ends up criticising Sara for not spending much time with Grissom.

Diamond Ridge also bought Grissom's Busch Series operation, and running a part-time schedule Grissom won twice and finished 26th in points in 1995.

Showing as an example of how much he trusts the team, Brass has stated that he would want Gil Grissom's CSI team to investigate his murder ; he gave Grissom power of attorney rights should anything happen to him, which proved useful when Grissom chose to go ahead with his risky but life-saving surgery when he was shot.

However, Wally Schirra had been prevented from naming his Apollo 7 spacecraft Phoenix in honor of Grissom's Apollo 1 crew since it was believed the average taxpayer would not take a " fire " metaphor as intended.

But soon after, this second test flight was considered unnecessary, and Schirra's crew was reassigned as Grissom's backup.

In The Grave Shift, Greg and Riley are invited by Nick to share office space with him, after he accepts an offer to have Grissom's old office.

Grissom's wife remained in Indiana and while he was away his first child, Scott, was born.

Near the end of the episode, Lady Heather becomes a suspect, and although she is later cleared, she seems disappointed that he ever suspected her, and their relationship is damaged by Grissom's suspicion.

However, another truck veered up the racetrack in the tri-oval, forcing Roper to evade, turning him into Grissom's front bumper.

When the paramedics declare Keppler to be dead, Willows collapses in tears into ( the recently returned ) Grissom's arms ( episode 715, " Law of Gravity ").

This year was best known as when Tony Roper turned into Grissom's bumper and hit the wall head-on at Texas Motor Speedway, then hitting Roper's truck as it slid down the track.

However, another truck veered up the racetrack in the tri-oval, forcing Roper to evade, turning him into Grissom's front bumper.

With the ongoing Korean War, Grissom's squadron was dispatched to the war zone in February 1952.

Grissom's spacecraft was recovered in 1999, but no further evidence was found which could conclusively explain how the explosive hatch release had occurred.

A family-approved account of Grissom's life appears in the 2003 book Fallen Astronauts by Colin Burgess and Kate Doolan.

Later Julie Grissom's body had been mutilated, cleaned and posed.

She joined Grissom's team as Riley Adams, " a smart, flirtatious, and witty non-conformist who entered law enforcement to rebel against her judgmental psychiatrist father.

In April 1966, McDivitt, along with Astronaut Group 3 astronauts David Scott and Rusty Schweickart were named as members of the backup crew for Gus Grissom's first manned Apollo mission Apollo 1, flying only the Apollo Command / Service Module in Earth orbit.

Teams ' financial motivations continued to affect the course of Grissom's career, and in March 1997, he was involved in a blockbuster trade with the Cleveland Indians.

Grissom's production declined as he spent three seasons with the struggling club, and a trade in the spring of 2001 made him a Los Angeles Dodger, sending Devon White to the Brewers in return.

Grissom's production dipped again in 2005, and in a season of struggles by the Giants, he was released.

Closer Mark Wohlers pitched the ninth inning, preserving the 1 – 0 shutout and Atlanta's coveted title when Carlos Baerga's fly ball landed in center fielder Marquis Grissom's glove.

Grissom's final episode as a regular drew over 23 million viewers.

However, he was impressed with the complexity of Grissom's character, and he decided to audition.