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NASA Center: Johnson Space Center
Image # : S66-30236
Date : 04/01/1966

Title

Apollo 1 Prime Crew

Full Description

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 within a matter of seconds all three Apollo 1 crewmembers perished.

Keywords

Apollo 1 Fire Virgil Grissom Gus Grissom Ed White Roger Chaffee Apollo 1 Crew Apollo 204

Subject Category

Astronauts, Mercury-Astronaut, Saturn I-IB, Apollo-1,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: JSC
  • Center Number: S66-30236
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001159

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

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Thumbnail .jpg 90 72 15
Small .jpg 640 512 313
Medium .jpg 1500 1200 1,615
Large .jpg 1 2400 5,384

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