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Grissom may refer to: * Grissom, North Carolina, unincorporated community *
Grissom (surname) Grissom is a surname. People bearing it include: * Barry Grissom (born 1954), a former U.S. Attorney * Clayton Holmes Grissom (born 1978), American pop singer Clay Aiken, made famous by ''American Idol'' * David Grissom (fl. from 1978), American ...
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Gus Grissom Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was an American engineer, pilot in the United States Air Force, and member of the Mercury Seven selected by National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) as Project Mercur ...
, one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and pilot of ''Gemini 3'' **
Gil Grissom Gilbert Arthur Grissom (born August 17, 1956), Ph.D. is a fictional character portrayed by William Petersen on the CBS crime drama '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' and its sequel, '' CSI: Vegas''. Grissom is a forensic entomologist and for t ...
, fictional character in the television series ''
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', also referred to as ''CSI'' and ''CSI: Las Vegas'', is an American procedural forensics crime drama television series that ran on CBS from October 6, 2000, to September 27, 2015, spanning 15 seasons. This wa ...
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Astronomical entities

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Grissom (crater) Grissom is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon. It is located just to the south of the huge walled plain Apollo, and to the northeast of the crater Cori. The rim of Grissom is eroded in places, particularly along the nor ...
, a lunar crater that lies on the far side of the Moon *
Grissom Hill The Apollo 1 Hills are three hills on Mars named to memorialize the crew of Apollo 1. The three hills were some of the first landmarks sighted following the January 7, 2004, landing of the ''Spirit'' rover on Mars. Background NASA astronauts G ...
, one of the three Apollo 1 Hills on the planet Mars * 2161 Grissom, an asteroid


Institutions

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Grissom Air Museum The Grissom Air Museum is a military aviation museum at Grissom Air Reserve Base near Peru, Indiana with over twenty aircraft on display. History The museum's origins date to 1981, when the Grissom Air Force Base Heritage Museum Foundation was for ...
, an aerospace museum in Peru, Indiana, United States *
Grissom Joint Air Reserve Base Grissom Air Reserve Base is a United States Air Force base, located about north of Kokomo in Cass and Miami counties in Indiana. The facility was established as a U.S. Navy installation, Naval Air Station Bunker Hill, in 1942 and was an acti ...
, formerly Grissom Air Force Base * Virgil I. Grissom High School, a high school in Huntsville, Alabama, United States; named in honor of the astronaut


Fictional characters

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Carl Grissom ''Batman'' is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. Directed by Tim Burton, it is the first installment of Warner Bros.' initial ''Batman'' film series. The film was p ...
, a fictional character and an adversary of Batman in the 1989 ''Batman'' film; played by Jack Palance * Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, a fictional character in film ''Con Air'' *
Gil Grissom Gilbert Arthur Grissom (born August 17, 1956), Ph.D. is a fictional character portrayed by William Petersen on the CBS crime drama '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' and its sequel, '' CSI: Vegas''. Grissom is a forensic entomologist and for t ...
, a fictional character from the TV series ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''


Other

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Robert Grissom Parkway Robert M. Grissom Parkway, locally known as Grissom Parkway, is a major four-lane connector highway in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The road begins at Harrelson Boulevard near Myrtle Beach International Airport and terminates in Carolina Forest, ...
, a major four-lane connector highway in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States *Island Grissom, one of the four
THUMS Islands The THUMS Islands are a set of four artificial islands in San Pedro Bay off the coast of Long Beach, California. The THUMS Islands were built in 1965 to tap into the East Wilmington Oil Field. The landscaping and sound walls were designed to cam ...
off Long Beach, California, United States


See also

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The Grissom Gang ''The Grissom Gang'' is a 1971 American crime neo noir directed and produced by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by Leon Griffiths. The film is the second adaptation of the 1939 novel '' No Orchids for Miss Blandish'' by James Hadley Chase; ...
'', a 1971 American period gangster film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich * Grisham (disambiguation) * Gresham (disambiguation) {{disambiguation