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Apollo 1 Fire

Apollo 1 Fire

During a routine pre-launch test for Apollo 1, a spark ignites a fire in the command module's pure oxygen environment, rapidly engulfing the cabin with astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee trapped inside.

Year 1967
Date 1/27
Location Launch Complex 34, Florida, United States
Layer 2
Visibility HIDDEN
tax:spaceflight-and-frontier

Key Figures

Gus Grissom Ed White Roger Chaffee Pad Technician
Time Travel

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Outer Space Treaty Signing
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
Signing of the Outer Space Treaty
Signing of the Outer Space Treaty
1967 · contemporaneous
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Outer Space Treaty Signing
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Cabin Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
Apollo 1 Fire
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
Minsky & Papert Publish "Perceptrons"
Minsky & Papert Publish "Perceptrons"
1969 · same era
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Outer Space Treaty Signing
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
Signing of the Outer Space Treaty
Signing of the Outer Space Treaty
1967 · contemporaneous
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Outer Space Treaty Signing
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Cabin Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
Apollo 1 Fire
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous