Apollo 1 astronauts training. Primary crew of the Apollo 1 mission, astronauts (from left to right) Roger Bruce Chaffee, Virgil 'Gus' Ivan Grissom and
Apollo 1 astronauts training. Primary crew of the Apollo 1 mission, astronauts (from left to right) Roger Bruce Chaffee, Virgil 'Gus' Ivan Grissom and Edward Higgins White II, inspecting spacecraft equipment during a training session. The Apollo 1 mission (originally Apollo/Saturn 204) resulted in disaster on January 27th 1967 when a fire broke out in the command module during a launch pad test in which all three of the primary crew died. An investigative board was set up to identify the cause of the fire. The final report gave detailed suggestions for major design and engineering modifications, revisions to test planning, manufacturing procedures and quality control. With these adjustments, the Apollo program became safer and successfully sent astronauts to the Moon. Photographed in 1966.
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