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| Date: | Friday 27 January 1967 |
| Time: | 18:30 |
| Type: | Apollo 1 |
| Owner/operator: | NASA |
| Registration: | AS-204 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Launch Complex 34, Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Fl -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | |
A cabin fire of the Apollo command and service module during a launch rehearsal test of what was to be the first manned mission of the Apollo lunar program killed all three crew members —Command Pilot Gus Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee— and destroyed the command module.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2025 16:02 | Frédéric Goudon | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
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