Grissom Hill

Grissom Hill

MarsGeo-Mount
name=Grissom Hill


location=Apollo 1 Hills, Gusev Crater
latitude=15
N_or_S=S
longitude=175
E_or_W=E
peak=
discoverer=Spirit Rover
eponym=Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Astronaut killed in Apollo 1 fire.

Grissom Hill, named after American astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, is one of the three Apollo 1 Hills on the planet Mars. 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.

The hill lies to southwest of the Columbia Memorial Station, where the Spirit rover landed.

External links

* [http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/ Official Mars Rovers site]


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