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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 mission never flew; a cabin fire during a launch ...
- February 21, 1967 (planned)
- Up to 14 days (planned)
- 20,000 kilograms (45,000 lb)
- Saturn IB AS-204
Apr 19, 2024 · Apollo 1. On 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 module.
- The Astronauts
- Gone in An Instant
- The Aftermath and Changes
The Apollo 1 crew commander, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War. He was chosen was among NASA's first group of seven astronauts, the Mercury Seven. Grissom was America's second person in space in 1961. On that mission, Mercury's Liberty Bell 7, the hatch door blew for unknown reasons upon splashdown. Grissom ended up i...
Every astronaut in the Apollo program had flight experience, and many were test pilots. They were used to seeing machines under development and dealing with delays, and assessing the airplanes' readiness for flight. In the view of many of these astronauts, the Apollo command modulejust wasn't ready yet. Engineering changes were still in progress as...
A NASA review board found a stray spark (probably from damaged wires near Grissom's couch) started the fire in the pure oxygen environment. Fed by flammable features such as nylon netting and foam pads, the blaze quickly spread. [Infographic: How the Apollo 1 Fire Happened] Further, the hatch door — intended to keep the astronauts and the atmospher...
Feb 3, 2022 · Area of the Apollo Command Module (CM) where the fire is believed to have started. Left: In the intact CM-014 spacecraft. Right: The same area in the fire-damaged CM-012 spacecraft. Left: The Apollo 204 Review Board during one its last meetings. Right: The cover page of the Apollo 204 Review Board’s final report.
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Roger B. Chaffee, Pilot. Chaffee was chosen as one of the third group of astronauts selected by NASA in 1963. While he took part in flight control communications systems, instrumentation systems and altitude and translation control systems in the Apollo Branch of the Astronaut Office, Apollo 1 was to be his flight with NASA.
Jan 26, 2017 · By the winter of 1967, President John F. Kennedy ’s goal of “ landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth” by the end of the decade appeared to be in doubt. A three-month ...
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Nov 16, 2023 · The fatal fire. On the afternoon of Jan. 27, clad in their space suits, the crew boarded the Apollo 1 capsule, perched high atop the Saturn IB. Grissom noticed a strange odor, like soured ...
