Documentary Director Seeks People Who Knew Astronaut Gus Grissom

Documentary Director Seeks People Who Knew Astronaut Gus Grissom MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- A documentary film director is seeking people who knew astronaut Gus Grissom and participated in America's race to the moon in the 1960s. Scott Grissom, son of Gus Grissom and co-producer of a film simply entitled "Gus," said from his Houston home, "I hope those who lived and worked on the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs will contact us and share with the world their stories about my Dad and the space program." Director Mark Estabrook will be in Florida during January and February of 2005 to collect interviews from retired NASA and contractor personnel: "To my knowledge, Gus Grissom has never been accurately portrayed in the media. I am especially interested in hearing from people who participated in the space program who can share direct knowledge of Gus and the space race." Scott Grissom spent a number of years researching his father's death in the fire of Apollo 1. On January 27, 1967, tragedy struck the Apollo program when a flash fire occurred in Command Module 012 during a launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle being prepared for the first piloted Apollo mission. Three astronauts, including Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom, a veteran of Mercury and Gemini missions, died in the tragic incident. Scott Grissom is hopeful that former NASA and North American Aviation employees working on Pad 34 on January 27, 1967, will contact Estabrook at 901-382-9040 to schedule an interview: "All of the early space pioneers are older and I want to get their oral history recorded before it's too late." Stories and anecdotes about Gus in the Mercury and Gemini programs are also welcome. IMAGE (Caption: Gus Grissom sits quietly during a delay of the launch of Liberty Bell 7; Resolution: 300 DPI; B&W; File size: 732 KB; Credit: NASA; Copyright: Public domain): http://digitalmovie.com/images/gusgrissom.jpg Contact: Mark Estabrook PO Box 1021 Cordova, TN 38088 Office: 901.382.9040 Email: gusgrissom@earthlink.net This release was issued through eReleases(TM). For more information, visit http://www.ereleases.com/. Source: Mark Estabrook CONTACT: Mark Estabrook, Office: +1-901-382-9040, Email: gusgrissom@earthlink.net ------- Profile: International Entertainment