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Discoverer
  
Spirit Rover

Grissom Hill

Location
  
Apollo 1 Hills, Gusev Crater

Eponym
  
Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Astronaut killed in Apollo 1 fire.

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.

References

Grissom Hill Wikipedia