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10 de out. de 2018 · Betty Lavonne Grissom, the widow of astronaut Virgil 'Gus' Grissom who successfully sued a NASA contractor after his death in the 1967 Apollo launch pad fire, has died Thursday, July 20, 2023 English
Betty Grissom was born on 8 August 1927 in Mitchell, Indiana, USA. She was married to Gus Grissom. She died on 7 October 2018 in Houston, Texas, USA. Menu. Movies.
It is alleged that on January 28, 1967, Virgil I. Grissom died while engaged in a "ground test" of an Apollo space capsule manufactured by defendant, North American Rockwell Corporation. His widow, Betty Grissom, subsequently brought separate suits against the defendants in her capacities as widow and administratrix of his estate.
Virgil Ivan Grissom, dit Gus Grissom, né le 3 avril 1926 à Mitchell et mort le 27 janvier 1967 à Cap Canaveral , est un pilote de l'armée de l'air américaine (USAF) et un membre des Mercury Seven, le premier groupe d'astronautes sélectionnés par la National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) pour le programme Mercury, qui cherche à envoyer les premiers Américains dans l'espace.
Trivia. She met future astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom in high school in Mitchell, Indiana; they married in 1945. She worked as a late-night phone operator to help pay for his studies at Purdue University, where he majored in mechanical engineering. Her husband was killed in 1967, along with Roger Chaffee and Ed White, when an electrical fire ...
11 de out. de 2018 · 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.
19 de ago. de 2019 · Gus Grissom was survived by his wife Betty and their two children. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, and during his lifetime was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with Cluster for his Korean service, two NASA Distinguished Service Medals and the NASA Exceptional Service Medal; the Air Force Command Astronaut Wings.
