Apollo 1

Apollo 1
“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 flight of Apollo, and was scheduled to launch Feb. 21, 1967. Astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee lost their lives when a fire swept through the command module, or CM.”

Keith Cowing

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

3 responses to “Apollo 1”

1. rb1957 says:

   January 27, 2020 at 3:57 pm

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   Lest we forget

   • fcrary says:

     January 27, 2020 at 8:57 pm

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     Well, the good and the bad. I was not encouraged by the virtually non-existent press coverage of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 12 mission. It’s almost like the blank stares someone gets when mentioning 11/11, at 11 AM.

     • Paul Gillett says:

       January 27, 2020 at 10:51 pm

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       Your observations are spot on ; and the philosopher George Santayana’s warning is as relevant (if not more so) today as ever:

       “Those who forget their history are condemned to repeat it”.