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Apollo 1 Mission Pictures Jan 28th 2012, 11:09 It was January 27, 1967 and the crew of Apollo/Saturn 204 (more commonly known as Apollo 1 mission) were training for the first crewed Apollo flight, an Earth orbiting mission scheduled to be launched on 21 February. During this training, tragedy struck. A fire killed the entire crew. On board were astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, (the second American astronaut to fly into space) astronaut Edward H. White II, (the first American astronaut to "walk" in space) and astronaut Roger B. Chaffee, (a "rookie" astronaut on his first space mission). The Apollo/Saturn 204 mission was officially assigned the name "Apollo 1" in honor of Grissom, White, and Chaffee. Apollo 1 Mission and Fire Pictures - Senate Committee on the Apollo 204 Accident Apollo 1 Mission and Fire Pictures - Funeral of Astronaut Virgil Grissom Apollo 1 Mission and Fire Pictures - Apollo 1 Crew in Simulator Apollo 1 Mission and Fire Pictures - Apollo 1 Astronauts Apollo 1 Mission and Fire Pictures - Apollo 1 Fire Apollo 1 Mission and Fire Pictures - Apollo 1 Mars Memorial Apollo 1 Mission and Fire Pictures - Apollo 1 Mission Patch Apollo 1 Mission and Fire Pictures - Apollo 1 prime and backup crews Apollo 1 prime crew in spacesuits at the launch complex Apollo 1 Mission and Fire Pictures - Apollo 1's Command Module Apollo 1 Mission and Fire Pictures - Apollo 204 Astronauts Training Closeup view of Apollo Spacecraft 012 Command Module after flash fire

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