Betty Grissom wurde am 8 August 1927 in Mitchell, Indiana, USA geboren. Sie war mit Gus Grissom verheiratet. Sie starb am 7 Oktober 2018 in Houston, Texas, USA.
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.
I'm pretty sure he got to the moon before they [subsequent Apollo moon missions] did. Of course he didn't make it, but in spirit I think he was already there.
