January 27, 2022
On this date in 1967, the crew of Apollo 1 — composed of Virgil I. Grissom, Ed-ward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee — was killed in a fire during equipment testing inside their capsule. The original mission wasn’t scheduled for launch until February 21, 1967.
More information regarding the event may be found here: https://history.nasa.gov/Apollo204/
Left to right: Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee stand in front of Launch Complex 34 which houses their Saturn 1 launch vehicle. Image credit: NASA
