Apollo 1’s crew knew their ship could never reach the Moon. It was never meant to. The barebones ‘Block 1’ spacecraft, intended only for Earth-orbital tests, had none of the navigational ...

Investigation of the Apollo 1 Accident Extensive reviews followed the accident. Ultimately the cause of the fire was determined to be a spark from worn wiring insulation; once the fire started it ...

George E. Mueller, announced that the mission originally scheduled for Grissom, White and Chaffee would be known as Apollo 1. NASA honors the Apollo 1 astronauts, and all other fallen astronauts ...

During a routine pre-launch test in January 1967, a fire broke out inside the Apollo 1 command module, killing astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee. The accident and fire ...