Other sensors detected a brief power surge. Then came the first call from inside Apollo 1. It was Chaffee’s voice. And it was just one word: “Fire!” Now the calls came thick and fast.

On January 27, 1967, three Apollo astronauts were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 1 fire was the first major deadly disaster in the history of ...

On this date in 1967, a flash fire onboard the Apollo 1 capsule during a test procedure claimed the lives of three astronauts.

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, [...] ...

Because of the pressure of the fire, and the fact that the spacecraft's hatch opened inward, there was no hope of escape. Investigation of the Apollo 1 Accident Extensive reviews followed the ...

Seventeen astronauts were lost in the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. The crew of Apollo 1 during training in Florida in January 1967. From left, Virgil "Gus ...

On this date, Jan. 27, 1967, NASA astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee died during a pre-launch test for Apollo 1. A flash fire swept through the capsule so quickly ...

The exhaustive investigation of the fire and extensive reworking of the ... White and Chaffee would be known as Apollo 1. NASA honors the Apollo 1 astronauts, and all other fallen astronauts ...