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On this date: Apollo 1 tragedy claims the lives of crew
On this date, Jan. 27, 1967, NASA astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee died during a pre-launch test for Apollo 1. A flash fire swept through the capsule so quickly ...
PBS7y
The Apollo Missions
Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee had been selected as the crew for Apollo 1, the first flight of the next generation of spacecraft succeeding the Gemini program. On January 27, 1967 ...
Hackaday6y
Spy Tech: How An Apollo Capsule Landed In Michigan After A Layover In The USSR
Michigan is sure to see the Apollo Command Module flanking the front entrance. Right now it’s being used as a different kind of capsule: a time capsule they’ll open in 2076 (the American ...
National Geographic news4y
The future of spaceflight—from orbital vacations to humans on Mars
Apollo 1 CrewApollo 1 astronauts "Gus" Grissom (left ... launch pad for a pre-launch test when a fire broke out in their capsule, killing all three astronauts. The investigation into the fatal ...
NBC News6y
NASA's Day of Remembrance: Three tragedies that shook the space program
The Apollo 1 mission was supposed to be the first of several crewed flights to prepare for NASA's first moon landing, but the spacecraft never made it off the launch pad. An investigator looks ...