Apollo 1

Publicity photo of the crew

Apollo 1 crew. Left to right: Grissom, White, Chaffee

Apollo 1 crew. Left to right: Grissom, White, Chaffee

Apollo 1 crew during simulator-training. Left to right: Chaffee, White, Grissom

Astronaut Edward White, senior pilot for NASA's Apollo/Saturn 204 mission is being checked out in the altitude chamber at Kennedy Space Center

Astronaut Roger Chaffee prepares to board the Apollo 204 spacecraft during altitude chamber testing at the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building, NASA Kennedy Space Center

Astronauts for NASA's Apollo missions Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot for the first Apollo mission, R. Walter Cunningham and Russell L. Schweickart, backup navigators for the first Apollo mission are undergoing tests at the North American Aviation plant

High-angle view of the Apollo 204 command module (serial no. 012) at North American, looking toward –Z axis, during preparation for installation of the crew compartment heat shield

Apollo 1 - Picture of AS-204 with open outer hatch

Apollo 1 - Sketch of CM hatch (AS-204)

Apollo 1 capsule after the fire - interior view

View of severely damaged area near the floor in the lower forward section of the left-hand equipment bay below the Environmental Control Unit in Apollo spacecraft 012

Exterior view of the Apollo 204 spacecraft after the fire, which killed astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee on Jan. 27, 1967

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Apollo 1 crews