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ikenbot: Remembering Apollo 1 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Today marks the 45th anniversary of the tragic fire that killed the 3 crew members of Apollo 1. Apollo 1’s crew, consisting of Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White II and Roger B. Chaffee, died when a fire broke out in their capsule during a “plugs-out” test. The mission, originally known as AS-204, was redesignated Apollo I in honor of the crew. This photo shows the astronauts in training: (L to R) Roger Chaffee, Ed White and Gus Grissom.

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Remembering Apollo 1

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Today marks the 45th anniversary of the tragic fire that killed the 3 crew members of Apollo 1.

Apollo 1’s crew, consisting of Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White II and Roger B. Chaffee, died when a fire broke out in their capsule during a “plugs-out” test.

The mission, originally known as AS-204, was redesignated Apollo I in honor of the crew. This photo shows the astronauts in training: (L to R) Roger Chaffee, Ed White and Gus Grissom.

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    Ed White was the first American to preform EVA, Gus Grissom was in the Mercury Program.
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