The Apollo 1 Command Module after the fire that claimed the lives of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. Credit: NASA. NASA s Apollo program began with one of the worst disasters the ...

Family members of Apollo 1 astronaut Edward White are joined by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson as they place flowers at the Apollo 1 monument on June 2, 2022.

It was the opening scene of "Apollo 13" and was recreated for the Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man." It was also included in director Mark Craig's "Last Man on the Moon," inspiring "Apollo 1." ...

Grissom was killed in the Apollo 1 fire on launch pad on Jan. 27. (AP Photo) AP. READ MORE ‘We came in peace for all mankind’: Apollo 11 on the moon, 51 years ago.

Apollo 1 was expected to fly to Earth orbit later in 1967 with astronauts Gus Grissom, Roger Chaffee and Ed White on board. During a test on the launch pad, however, a fire erupted and rapidly ...

A high oxygen flow indicator repeatedly triggered Apollo 1’s master alarm, and spotty communications between Grissom and astronaut Stu Roosa, seated in the nearby blockhouse, caused tempers to fray.

Apollo 1 astronauts, (L-R), Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee suited up and visiting the Saturn launch pad. A few days later all three would be killed in an electrical fire in ...