Apollo 1

Apollo One is the name given to the Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) spacecraft after it was destroyed by fire during a training exercise on January 27, 1967, at Pad 34 atop a

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Saturn IB rocket.

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Its crew were the astronauts selected for the initial Apollo program mission and all three died in the accident: Command Pilot Virgil I. Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee.

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• Virgil Grissom (flew on Mercury 4 & Gemini 3), Command Pilot
• Ed White (flew on Gemini 4), Senior Pilot
• Roger Chaffee (never flew in space), Pilot

Backup Crew

• April - December, 1966
• James McDivitt, Command Pilot
• David Scott, Senior Pilot
• Rusty Schweickart, Pilot

This crew became the crew of Apollo 9.

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• December, 1966 - January, 1967
• Walter Schirra, Command Pilot
• Donn Eisele, Senior Pilot
• Walter Cunningham, Pilot

This crew became the crew of Apollo 7.

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Fire: Fire is a form of combustion. Most typically, the word fire refers to the combination of the brilliant glow and large amount of heat released during a rapid, self-sustaining exothermic oxidation process of combustible gases ejected from a fuel. The flames are a body of plasma that releases heat and ...

January 27: January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 338 days remaining (339 in leap years)....

1967: 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar....

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