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During a preflight test on January 27, 1967 for what was to be the first crewed Apollo mission, a fire claimed the lives of three U.S. astronauts; Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee. After the disaster, the mission, which has previously been referred to as Apollo-Saturn 204 (AS-204), was officially designated Apollo 1, which was name for.
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NASA This high angle view shows the Apollo spacecraft Command Module for the AS-204 mission (later renamed Apollo 1), looking toward -Z axis, during preparation for installation of the crew.
‘Got a fire in the cockpit!’ The Apollo 1 tragedy that killed three
NASA Apollo 1 Tragedy Jan. 27, 1967, tragedy struck on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during a preflight test for Apollo 204 (AS-204). The mission was to be the first crewed flight of Apollo, and was scheduled to launch Feb. 21, 1967.
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Apollo 1 was supposed to be Roger Chaffee's first spaceflight. The 31-year-old naval aviator and test pilot had replaced Donn Eisele as pilot after Eisele dislocated his shoulder during.
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The first mission was what came to be known as Apollo 1, though, at the time, its official designation was AS-204. "AS" stood for Apollo Saturn and included the Apollo Command Module, the Service.
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An uninspiring spacecraft Apollo 1's crew knew their ship could never reach the Moon. It was never meant to. The barebones 'Block 1' spacecraft, intended only for Earth-orbital tests, had.
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Ms. Grissom said this year's ceremony was probably her last. It coincided with a NASA tribute exhibit about Apollo 1 at the Kennedy Space Center, which she, like many, thought was long overdue.
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Fifty years ago today, at precisely 11:00 a.m. ET, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee entered the Apollo 1 spacecraft on launch pad 34 at Cape Kennedy. They weren't planning on.
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Impact craters are caused by rocks ranging in size from dust particles to a few kilometers in diameter that collide with a planetary body's surface at incredible speeds. The result is not only a.
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last updated 26 January 2021 The Apollo 1 crew, from left to right, Roger Chaffee, Ed White and Gus Grissom. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) The Apollo program changed forever on Jan. 27,.
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Roger Bruce Chaffee ( / ˈtʃæfiː /; February 15, 1935 - January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer, aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program . Chaffee was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he became an Eagle Scout.
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Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was planned to be the first crewed mission of the Apollo program, [1] the American undertaking to land the first man on the Moon. It was planned to launch on February 21, 1967, as the first low Earth orbital test of the Apollo command and service module.
The Apollo 1 Launchpad Fire Remembering Grissom, White and Chaffee
NASA Portrait of the Apollo 1 prime crew for first manned Apollo space flight, Edward H. White II, Virgil I. 'Gus' Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee. The "plugs-out" test, during which the module.
The Apollo 1 Launchpad Fire Remembering Grissom, White and Chaffee
The nation's Moon landing program suffered a shocking setback on Jan. 27, 1967, with the deaths of Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee in a flash fire aboard their spacecraft during a ground test on the launch pad. America honored the fallen heroes in funerals with full military honors.
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Remembering the Apollo 1 Crew. NASA. The prime crew members of NASA's first manned Apollo Space Flight are pictured during training in Florida on March 21, 1966. From left to right are astronauts.
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