Apollo 1 - NASA, c1967. Creator: NASA.

Apollo 1 - NASA, c1967. Creator: NASA.

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Apollo 1 - NASA, c1967. Portrait of the Apollo 1 prime crew for first manned Apollo space flight. From left to right are: Edward H. White II, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee. On January 27, 1967 at 5:31 p.m. CST (6:31 local time) during a routine simulated launch test onboard the Apollo Saturn V Moon rocket, an electrical short circuit inside the Apollo Command Module ignited the pure oxygen environment and all three Apollo 1 crewmembers died.


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  1. NASA, attributed to: American:

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Science & Nature Discovery & Exploration


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  1. GOC00000793.jpg
  1. 0920000344
  1. 2-762-982
  1. 2762982

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