The mission never flew; a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 on January 27 killed all three crew members—Command Pilot …

Feb 3, 2022 · At 6:31 p.m., a flash fire broke out inside the cabin. Within seconds, rising temperatures and pressures caused the CM pressure vessel to crack, releasing flames and …

Nov 16, 2023 · On Jan. 27, 1967, a fire swept through the Apollo 1 Command Module during a launch rehearsal test, killing the three astronauts inside.

Jun 17, 2024 · Apollo 1 Tragedy. 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 …

Jan 26, 2017 · NASA’s first fatal spacecraft accident happened not in deep space but right on the launch pad. By the winter of 1967, President John F. Kennedy ’s goal of “ landing a man on …

Jun 12, 2024 · Tragedy struck the Apollo program on January 27, 1967, when a flash fire occurred in command module 012 during a launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle being …

Jan 26, 2021 · The Apollo program changed forever on Jan. 27, 1967, when a flash fire swept through the Apollo 1 command module during a launch rehearsal test.

Jan 27, 2011 · One of the worst tragedies in the history of spaceflight occurred on January 27, 1967 when the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire in the …

On January 27, 1967, 50 years ago, a fire broke out at 18:31 EST, in the cockpit of Apollo Command Module 012 while the “Block I” (Earth orbit capable) spacecraft sat atop an unfueled …

Apr 20, 2023 · America had suffered its first fatalities of the space programme, tragically without them having left Earth. The subsequent investigation into the Apollo 1 space disaster was …