Saturn IB | Apollo 1 (Failure before launch)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Saturn IB · Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 87th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 655th orbital launch attempt
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Window: Jan 27, 23:31 – Jan 27, 23:31 UTC
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Apollo 1
Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was the first crewed mission of the United States Apollo program, the undertaking to land the first man on the Moon. It was planned to launch on February 21, 1967, as the first low Earth orbital test of the Apollo command and service module. The mission never flew; a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 on January 27 killed all three crew members—Command Pilot Gus Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee—and destroyed the command module (CM). The name Apollo 1, chosen by the crew, was made official by NASA in their honor after the fire.
Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Gus GrissomCommand Pilot · NASA
Ed WhiteSenior Pilot · NASA
Roger B. ChaffeePilot · NASA
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Pad — Launch Complex 34
Local pad time: Jan 27, 6:31 PM GMT-5
9 launches from this pad · 1,121 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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