“It is important that Challenger and Columbia are remembered, and that Apollo 1 is remembered,” said the Kennedy Space Center director, Robert D. Cabana. It coincided with a NASA tribute exhibit about Apollo 1 at the Kennedy Space Center, which she, like many, thought was long overdue. Mr. Maruyama said Mr. Grissom reminded him of his father, who was in the Japanese Navy. Ms. Grissom, who lives in Houston by herself, and Mr. Grissom were high school sweethearts in Mitchell, Ind. Ms. Grissom eventually settled for $350,000.

Source: New York Times January 28, 2017 21:35 UTC