* March 23-NASA launches Gemini 3 which is the United States ' first two-person space flight took ( crew: Gus Grissom and John Young ).

During 2007 ( CSI season seven ) William Petersen took a break from CSI to appear in a five week run of the Trinity Repertory Company production of Dublin Carol in Providence, Rhode Island, resulting in Grissom taking a sabbatical, being replaced by Liev Schreiber, as Michael Keppler, who developed a small story arc through " Sweet Jane ", " Redrum " and " Meet Market ".

In season seven, Grissom took a sabbatical to teach a class at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts for four weeks.

Despite not finishing in the top-ten Grissom was able to land a 23rd place finish in points.

Jack Sprague and Steve Grissom drove one race deals for him, and Terry's son Justin began racing, making nine starts that season with a best finish of fourteenth at Myrtle Beach Speedway.

In early 1964 Alan Shepard was grounded after being diagnosed with Ménière's disease and Grissom was designated command pilot for Gemini 3, the first manned Project Gemini flight, which flew on March 23, 1965.

Before he became widely known as an astronaut, the film Air Cadet ( 1951 ) starring Richard Long and Rock Hudson briefly featured Grissom early in the movie as a U. S. Air Force candidate for flight school at Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas.

Among the early settlers of the area which is now Broadway were: Hugh Matthews, Grissom Thomas, Tilmon Thomas, M. M.

He spent his early time in the majors playing in right field because established center fielders Marquis Grissom and Kenny Lofton were already entrenched in the position.

Jeff Blauser followed with a bunt single to score Lopez, and after Neagle bunted to advance Jones and Blauser Marquis Grissom doubled them in to give Atlanta an early 4 – 0 lead.

Grissom had four top-tens in the 1995 Cup season, finishing 27th in points ; he started the season running in the top-10 points early on in the year.

The team also had a solid but not stellar supporting cast including Marquis Grissom ( 22, 90,. 279 ) and Pedro Feliz ( 22, 84,. 276 ), along with decent showings by Ray Durham, Edgardo Alfonzo, Michael Tucker and AJ Pierzynski.

Grissom was killed along with fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ( then known as Cape Kennedy ), Florida.

The message was classified " Top Secret " and Grissom was not to discuss its contents with anyone.

Initiating the explosive egress system required hitting a metal trigger with the side of a closed fist, which unavoidably left a large, obvious bruise on the astronaut's hand, but Grissom was found not to have any of the tell-tale bruising.

Grissom was one of the smaller astronauts, and he worked very closely with the engineers and technicians from McDonnell Aircraft who built the Gemini spacecraft.

In a joking nod to the sinking of his Mercury craft Grissom named the first Gemini spacecraft Molly Brown after the popular Broadway show The Unsinkable Molly Brown ; NASA publicity officials were unhappy with this name.

When Grissom and his pilot John Young were ordered to come up with a new one, they offered Titanic.

Grissom was backup command pilot for Gemini 6A when he shifted to the Apollo program and was assigned as Command Pilot of the first manned mission AS-204, with Senior Pilot Ed White and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee.

When the US Astronaut Hall of Fame opened in 1990 his family lent it the spacesuit worn by Grissom during Mercury 4 along with other personal artifacts belonging to the astronaut.

* In a 2010 Space Foundation survey, Grissom was ranked as the # 9 ( tied with astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Alan Shepard ) most popular space hero.

* Grissom is named with his fellow Apollo 1 crewmates on the Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.

According to editor Jacob Hay, the book's final form was " reached with the approval of Mrs. Betty Grissom.

Betty Grissom co-wrote a memoir with Henry Still, titled Starfall ( New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1974.

* Virgil Ivan Grissom Photographs of grave site, Arlington National Cemetery along with other photographs and a brief biography.

White died along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee during a pre-launch test for the first manned Apollo mission at Cape Kennedy.

In March 1966 he was selected as Senior Pilot ( second seat ) for the first manned Apollo flight, designated AS-204, along with Command Pilot Virgil " Gus " Grissom, who had flown in space on the Mercury 4 Liberty Bell 7 mission and as commander of the Gemini 3 Molly Brown mission, and Pilot Roger Chaffee, who had yet to fly into space.

Charred remains of the Apollo 1 Apollo Command / Service Module | command module, in which White was killed along with Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee

White was buried with full military honors at West Point Cemetery while Grissom and Chaffee are both buried in Section 3 ( GPS Coordinates: 38. 873115 N ,-77. 072755 W ) of Arlington National Cemetery.

Chaffee died along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at the then-Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida, in 1967.

He served as a capsule communicator, along with Virgil " Gus " Grissom and Eugene Cernan, for the Gemini 4 mission, in which Edward H. White II made his space walk.

He was paired with Grissom to fly chase planes to photograph the launch of an unmanned Saturn 1B rocket.

On 21 March 1966, he received his first spaceflight assignment as Pilot for the first manned Apollo flight, AS-204, along with Command Pilot Grissom and Senior Pilot White.

Upon taking Goodson in for questioning, Grissom presents Goodson with her discarded leather gloves and explains that he found her unique combination of medications ( eucalyptabalm, isorcreme, and capsaicin ointment ) all over them.

David Marcus ( Merritt Butrick )— Kirk's son, a key scientist in Genesis ' development — and Lieutenant Saavik ( Robin Curtis ) are investigating the Genesis planet on board the science vessel Grissom.

In the episode " Grissom Vs. the Volcano ," Catherine tells the story of losing at a science competition as a child against a " kid with some lame red ants ".

Later in the episode Nick also reveals that he lost a science competition and Grissom tells him to let it go.

In his childhood science competition, Grissom was the kid with the ants.

Grissom died while putting the finishing touches on Gemini: A Personal Account of Man's Venture Into Space ; he had been heavily involved in the engineering of the spacecraft.

* Gus Grissom, Apollo 1, Indiana Alpha 1950

* 1967 – Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

* Virgil Ivan " Gus " Grissom, USAF ( 1926 – 1967 ); flew 21 July 1961.

In addition to Bobby Thomson and Willie Mays, other memorable members of the Giants teams during the 1950s include: Hall of Fame manager Leo Durocher, coach Herman Franks, Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin, outfielder and runnerup for the 1954 NL batting championship ( won by Willie Mays ) Don Mueller, Hall of Fame knuckleball relief pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, starting pitchers Larry Jansen, Sal Maglie, Jim Hearn, Marv Grissom, Dave Koslo, Don Liddle, Max Lanier, Rubén Gómez, and Johnny Antonelli, catcher Wes Westrum, catchers Ray Katt and Sal Yvars, shortstop Alvin Dark, third baseman Hank Thompson, first baseman Whitey Lockman, second basemen Davey Williams and Eddie Stanky, outfielder, pitcher Clint Hartung, Hall of Fame second baseman Red Schoendienst and utility players: Bill Rigney, Daryl Spencer, Bobby Hofman, and Dusty Rhodes among others.

Decent offensive support was provided by Rich Aurilia, Marquis Grissom, Jose Cruz Jr., Edgardo Alfonzo, Benito Santiago, Pedro Feliz and Andres Galarraga.

* April 3 – Gus Grissom, American astronaut ( d. 1967 )

** Apollo 1: U. S. astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward Higgins White, and Roger Chaffee are killed when fire breaks out in their Apollo spacecraft during a launch pad test.

*** Gus Grissom, American astronaut ( b. 1926 )

* March 23 – Gemini 3: NASA launches the United States ' first 2-person crew ( Gus Grissom, John Young ) into Earth orbit.

Virgil Ivan Grissom ( April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967 ), ( Lt Col, USAF ), better known as Gus Grissom, was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a United States Air Force pilot.

Grissom was born in Mitchell, Indiana on April 3, 1926, the second child of Dennis and Cecile King Grissom.

Grissom met and befriended Betty Lavonne Moore at school through their extracurricular activities.

Grissom occasionally spent time at a local airport in Bedford, Indiana where he first became interested in flying.

World War II broke out while Grissom was still in high school, and he was eager to enlist upon graduation.

Grissom enlisted as an aviation cadet in the United States Army Air Forces and completed an entrance exam in November 1943.

As the war neared its end, Grissom sought to be discharged.

Bill for partial payment of his school tuition, Grissom enrolled at Purdue University in September 1946.