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Apollo 1. 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 mission never flew; a cabin fire ...
Jun 17, 2024 · 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. Astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee lost their lives when a fire swept through the command ...
Feb 3, 2022 · 55 Years Ago: The Apollo 1 Fire and its Aftermath. “Three valiant young men have given their lives in the nation’s service. We mourn this great loss and our hearts go out to their families.”. President Lyndon B. Johnson. “The deaths of these three brilliant young men … is a profound and personal loss to me. ….
Jan 26, 2017 · How the Apollo 1 Mission Turned Deadly—Before Blastoff NASA’s first fatal spacecraft accident happened not in deep space but right on the launch pad.
Jan 26, 2021 · The Apollo 1 fire was a difficult time for NASA and its astronauts, but the improvements in astronaut safety allowed the agency to complete the rest of the program with no further fatalities.
During a preflight test 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 was officially designated Apollo 1.
Jan 24, 2017 · Eric Berger - 1/23/2017, 5:00 PM. Enlarge / The crew of Apollo 1 crosses the gantry to the spacecraft on the day of the fire, January 27, 1967. On a gray January afternoon in Houston, Walt ...
On January 27, 1967, tragedy struck the Apollo program when a flash fire occurred in command module 012 during a launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle being prepared for the first piloted flight, the AS-204 mission. Three astronauts, Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom, a veteran of Mercury and Gemini missions; Lt. Col. Edward H. White, the astronaut who had performed the first United ...
Jan 27, 2011 · The mission, originally designated Apollo 204 but commonly referred to as Apollo 1, was officially assigned the name "Apollo 1" in honor of Grissom, White, and Chaffee. The first Saturn V launch (uncrewed) in November 1967 was designated Apollo 4 (no missions were ever designated Apollo 2 or 3). The Apollo 1 Command Module capsule 012 was ...
Nov 16, 2023 · On Jan. 27, 1967, a fire swept through the Apollo 1 Command Module during a launch rehearsal test, killing the three astronauts inside.
