On This Day in Space! Jan. 27, 1967: Apollo 1 fire kills NASA astronauts
On This Day in Space! Jan. 27, 1967: Apollo 1 fire kills NASA astronauts Space 27/01/2021 Hanneke Weitering © Provided by Space Apollo 1 astronauts (left to right) Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee posing in front of Launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. All three were killed when a fire blazed up in their capsule during a ground test on Jan. 27, 1967. On January 27, 1967, Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 1 fire was the ...
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