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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.
