Not Quite As Planned
Apollo 1 was one of the biggest disasters in American history, and certainly the biggest in its space program. Apollo 1 was enlisted as the first attempt to land man on the moon, and was scheduled for launch on February 21, 1967. The mission never took off however.
Not Quite As Planned
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A Deadly Fire
Disaster struck during a launch rehearsal which unfortunately killed all three crew members. Pilot Gus Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee perished in the fire, and the command module was also destroyed. The disaster set the space program back 20 month while the command module’s hazards were addressed.
A Deadly Fire