Commander Virgil ‘Gus’ Grissom, America’s second man in space ... On the afternoon of Jan. 27, clad in their space suits, the crew boarded the Apollo 1 capsule, perched high atop the ...
On January 27, 1967, Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. On January 27, 1967, Apollo 1 ...
the first deaths in the space program still came as a shock -- because the fatal mishap occurred on the ground. Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee had been selected as the crew for Apollo 1 ...
On this date, Jan. 27, 1967, NASA astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee died during a pre-launch test for Apollo 1. A flash fire swept through the capsule so quickly ...