In this June 1966 photo, the Apollo 1 crew practices water egress procedures with a full-scale boilerplate model of the spacecraft. In the water at the right are astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee. […]
– Three Apollo I astronauts Rogers Chaffee, Edward White and Gus Grissom die due to a flash fire at a grounded space capsule in Cape Canaveral, […]
NASA will honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, during the agency’s annual Day of Remembrance Thursday, Jan. 27. […]
– Three Apollo I astronauts Rogers Chaffee, Edward White and Gus Grissom die due to a flash fire at a grounded space capsule in Cape Canaveral, […]
Friday marks 50 years since the Apollo 1 tragedy, where three astronauts were killed in a fire on the launch pad. Watch the full 1967 CBS News special report here. […]
On Jan. 26, 2017, Kennedy Space Center employees and guests paid their respects to astronauts who have perished in the conquest of space. The annual Kennedy Day of Remembrance activities included a ceremony in the Center for Space Education at Kennedy’s visitor complex. […]
The Astronaut Memorial Foundation will hold a brief memorial service in the memory of Apollo 1 Command Pilot Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Senior Pilot Edward H. White II and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee. […]
Forty six years ago today, on January 27th 1967, the Apollo 1 crew of Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee were burned to death when the pure oxygen inside their capsule caught fire. […]
