What is the backstory of this silly picture of the Apollo 1 crew?
Jun 17, 2020 · The photograph below shows the first Apollo crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee wearing silly hats and acting less seriously than typical NASA publicity photos. …
Before the Apollo 1 fire, what was the plan for the missions …
Feb 24, 2017 · So yes, Apollo 1 was supposed to do in part what Apollo 7 did, but with a Block I CSM and not the Block II that flew on Apollo 7. But with all the uncertainty around the CSM …
Why did Apollo mission numbering skip 2,3,4,5 and 6?
Oct 22, 2013 · This site writes to say. Apollo 2 and 3: There were no craft named Apollo 2 or 3. Apparently after the Apollo-1 craft was destroyed during a pre-flight test at Cape Canaveral, …
What happened to the Apollo 1 rocket? - Space Exploration Stack …
Jul 2, 2019 · Apollo 1's (AS-204) Saturn IB rocket was taken down from Launch Complex 34, later reassembled at Launch complex 37B and used to launch Apollo 5, an unmanned Earth orbital …
What was the "sour milk smell" during the 1967 Apollo 1 testing?
In the first edition of Andrew Chaikin's 1994 book, "A Man on the Moon, there is a paragraph in chapter 1 which talks about troubles the Apollo 1 testing crew were going through. Chaikin …
How was the flammability of Velcro addressed after the Apollo 1 …
Mar 19, 2020 · In a spacecraft review meeting held with Shea on August 19, 1966 (a week before delivery [of Apollo 1]), the crew expressed concern about the amount of flammable material …
How long was Apollo put on hold after Apollo 1?
Jul 18, 2021 · The delay was not only the hold for investigation. More time was needed to design and build a new hatch, to develop a fire proof cloth for the space suits outer layer, to modify …
spacesuits - Apollo suit atmosphere before launch? - Space …
Jul 17, 2019 · The Apollo portable oxygen ventilator (POV) (fig. 50) is designed primarily to maintain a crewman or a test subject in a preoxygenated state before launch or altitude …
orbital mechanics - Apollo Missions - Travel time to moon - Space ...
Feb 17, 2019 · Apollo did not leave at escape velocity. Rather, the trans-lunar injection gave considerable extra speed in order to make the trip much faster, so the lowest velocity was …
combustion - Could a deadly fire start within a spacesuit? - Space ...
Feb 14, 2024 · The interior of Apollo 1, on the other hand, was pure oxygen at 16.7 psi, a bit higher than sea-level pressure of 14.7 psi. Thus the partial pressure of oxygen inside Apollo 1 …