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Apollo 1 Fire

Apollo 1 Fire

During a routine pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission, a sudden electrical fire erupts inside the command module, trapping astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee in the pressurized, oxygen-rich environment.

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

Key Figures

Gus Grissom Ed White Roger Chaffee Pad Technician Fire Rescue Team Member
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 1821 linked moments

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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
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1967 · contemporaneous
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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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1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Fire
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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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1967 · contemporaneous
Apollo 1 Fire
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 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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1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Plugs-Out Test Fire
1967 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 1 Cabin Fire (AS-204)
1967 · contemporaneous