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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Fire - January 27 - 1967

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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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Apollo program - Virgil I. Grissom - Ed White - Roger B. Chaffee

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