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The Apollo 1 Prime Crew. NASA public domain image colelction.

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(March 31, 1966) 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.

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apollo 1 fire virgil grissom gus grissom ed white roger chaffee apollo 1 crew apollo 204 apollo apollo saturn v moon rocket apollo space flight apollo command module three apollo prime crew crew white ii test onboard oxygen environment astronauts nasa
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1966
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Launch Complex 16 ,  28.50333, -80.55172
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label_outline Explore Virgil Grissom, Ed White, Gus Grissom

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apollo 1 fire virgil grissom gus grissom ed white roger chaffee apollo 1 crew apollo 204 apollo apollo saturn v moon rocket apollo space flight apollo command module three apollo prime crew crew white ii test onboard oxygen environment astronauts nasa