1967: Apollo 1 (NASA)

[datzfast]

i hear the only method to put out a fire was plan A. a water drinking tube, plan B piss on the fire.

[TheFOXRAPTOR22]

I wonder if anyone has information where it is stored the capsule of Apollo 1

[TheFOXRAPTOR22]

gus and Chaffee would be undoubtedly the first men on the moon

[TheFOXRAPTOR22]

Tírvia unfortunately these brave men to die so that they could use to reach the moon. are heroes! stay with god!

[TheFOXRAPTOR22]

these men may never be forgotten, are heroes, thanks to them is wearing them managed to reach the moon! stay with god!

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

God bless all three.

They are true heroes.

I will never forget when this happened.

My grandfather told us the news.

I was a kid and wanted to be like these guys.

My dream of space ended then.

George Vreeland Hill

[tanarus77]

theory says there were 4 bodies in that capsule

[tpsossff]

@tanarus77

You mean they had a stowaway??????

[tanarus77]

@tpsossff watch Project Camelot interviews John Lear .Thats what he claims

[TheFOXRAPTOR22]

look at 1:10, you see a human face on the right side of the capsule! what is this??



[bombarderoazul]

The Russians suffered a similar accident in 1960 Valentin Bondarenko was also killed in a flash fire while training for a spaceflight. Because of this the Russians never flew a spacecraft with pure oxygen. They never told anybody about the fatal accident, if they had told the americans maybe the crew of apollo 1 would have been saved. But this was the cold war and the space race was in full swing.

[TheFOXRAPTOR22]

this tragedy is revolting, stupid, absurd! these men died so tragically because of the stupidity and imcopetencia A few more of NASA technicians in época.Eles should never be forgotten, are heroes, martyrs! If they had died tragically in space even though it would be more acceptable, but in a test platform, is unacceptable! And the families? someone thought of the suffering now? I wonder how they are today and say the world will never forget the courage of these men! stay with god!

[tpsossff]

@TheFOXRAPTOR22

These men did not die in vain, As a direct result of this accident the space agencies on both sides of the political devide were forced to review their management systems at all levels. It saved lives even though both sides were to go on and lose astronauts on missions. Having said that, the moon missions were carried out using space suit life support systems that the Russians considered too dangerous. i.e. the oxygen storeage and electronics in same container.

[datzfast]

so these guys died in a test right, test of what , airtightness,

[imnazhole]

I guess that was a sign of the possibility of accomplishing such an impossible goal that is not possible. So west Michigan's hometown boy never made it into space. At least Roger B. Chaffey has an industrial street named after him here in Grand Rapids MI.

[noacronym]

I was 10 years old. I'll never forget this. Grissom, White, and Chaffee are forever in my mind.

[07yensid]

God bless the crew of Apollo 1!

[dave46563]

The Command Module is locked up in a storage shed in Langley...The Saturn was used for the first unmanned test of the LM on Apollo 5 almost a year after the fire.

[dave46563]

everyone needs to realise that before Apollo 1 all NASA spacecraft had 100% pure oxygen...from mercury to the end of gemini. it was standard practice. they changed it after the fire. it's also sad to say it but a lot of NASA officials and technicians from the time said that the US would not have gone to the moon had it not been for all Apollo 1 fire. Widespread changes were made after the fire. Grissom had his doubts over the Block 1 CM....he even perched a lemon on it.

[journeyquest1]

"They gave their lives..." B.S. Their lives were taken..

[Tamitza]

So sad they died... and even sadder they died in a simulator, on the ground, not even in space...;((

[PRR5406]

Misunderstanding. They were not in a simulator, but in the actual capsule atop an unfueld Saturn booster. The capsule was the first one in the series, poorly built, loads of problems with wiring and changes. Even the back up capsule was a disaster waiting to happen. During a ground test, the capsule was filled with oxygen, when a short ignited something. In that gas, everything burns. They were suffocated in the blaze. It wasn't sabotage. Rather sad to even fabricate that idea.

[imnazhole]

@Tamitza I can't see what the difference is, dead is dead and they all died because of an non airworthy/ non spaceworthy craft.

[youvebeenthunderstru]

Rational answer: The three crew members died in a rapidly spreading fire due to an electrical surge in a pure oxygen environment. This was a mistake by NASA, also as the crew themselves had concerns over the spacecraft yet those concerns were ignored.

Stupid, hoax answer: The three crew were killed by the government for threatening to expose them.

Really, what's more logical here? (The first one, obviously...)

[teddysalad65]

The bitter irony here is that the hatch opened in...and the reason the hatch opened in was that it was redesigned after Grissoms Liberty Bell flight (Mercury-Redstone-2) when the hatch blew out unexpectedly and the capsule sank and Grissom almost drowned.

[wilburhog]

They strapped them inside, locked the hatch while they pumped in highly flammable pure oxygen which saturated Chaffee, Grissom and White, allowing their clothing to easily catch fire. They installed miles of electrical wiring inside the interior of the capsule creating an ignition rich environment.

Poof ! Spark! fire, ! Roger, Ed, Gus, screaming, pounding, burned to ashes ! Funny how they needed an investigation board to figure out what went wrong. Three Space Heros gone !

[PRR5406]

Not burned to ashes. The three bodies could have been viewed, but the caskets were closed. The astronauts suffocated and the super-heated gases seared their tracheas and lungs. The body burns were survivable.

[Ryuuzaki35]

=) (FR)

[rockndude87]

apparently it took 15-20 seconds for the fire to penetrate through the hull of the space craft after the fire broke out...that's practically no time to get all three of those guys out...Godbless all three of them

[Alexvideoclip]

It is sad to say but without that incident, Nasa would probably never landed on the moon before 1970.

After that incident many changes have been done to improve safety

[OGrice]

I could cry rivers when i think about that you led burn one of your best, most curious guys to death. You dont wish this even to your enemy. I hope it happened fast. Those poor men - your gov is full of bastards.

[ingareinar007]

I fully agree with you.

[OGrice]

Gus wasn't a hypocrite and wasn't quiet. This was his doom in the new America.

[boxa888]

did gus say something to upset the powers? seems suspicious and evil.poor guys! so sad!

[OGrice]

Oh yes, he did.

[boxa888]

WELLL! what happened??lol

[OGrice]

The USA kills its own heroes. You're a humbled nation.

[ibsteeler]

We live in an envious world. It must suck to be you OGrice. You should move over here and discover it's a good nation.....then again stay where you are.....we don't want you.

[OGrice]

I've been to the USA and i've discovered that you're a great nation with normal mistakes. Nevertheless i don't wanna move to America. Cause you are so far from your government that you didn't recognize it went fascistic.

[ibsteeler]

Fair enough.....but it didn't go fascist. I would consider fascism more in line with the National Socialism that occurred in Germany.

[danschaoticmind]

Some of us americans would agree with you there.

[wirelessoptical]

Was there a presidential address in regards to apollo 1? Can I get a youtube link?

[gangstarsonny]

1:13 subliminal picture top right corner looks like a face!

[stralien51]

If you look directly in the center of the picture at 1:11 it shows a caricature of Nixon nearly two years before his inauguration too. Strange how fact and fiction can merge isn't it, especially since the film shows this image quite clearly at 1:11 and Nixon in a way "inaugurated" man's successful landing on the Moon with Apollo 11. A bizarre coincidence from hindsight being 20/20. I turned 10 about three weeks before, but I remember Ed White's pioneer space walk with Gemini.

[Richardhedditch261]

Yes, may GusGrissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee be honored and well remembered. And don't anyone forget that the untimely incineration of these three space heroes in January, 1967, meant that all three missed out on the Summer Of Love, which was just on the verge of happening then. So near and yet so far! Young, good-looking girls taking off their panties for everyone! And most of them from 'good' families, what's more!

[ROFLMAOROFLCOPTER]

so were they burned to a char? that mustve been awful to see the outcome of when the fire ended. just 3 figures dead.

[cragus2004]

at 6:31:04 Chaffee said, "Hey." Scuffling sounds followed for three seconds before Grissom shouted "Fire!" Chaffee then reported, "We've got a fire in the cockpit," and White said "Fire in the cockpit!"

After nearly ten seconds of frenetic movement noises Chaffee yelled, "We've got a bad fire! Let's get out! We're burning up! We're on fire! Get us out of here!" Some witnesses said they saw Ed White on the television monitors, reaching for the hatch release handle as flames in the cabin spread

[mashamorgan]

Roger Chaffee's wife Martha didnt get one cent of compensation from NASA. He had only been loaned out to NASA from the military. Thats the thanks he and his family got for making the ultimate sacrifice

[vitoduval]

Chaffee's daughter later got a job at KSC though.

[hillc2]

Couple things:

1. Jim Lovell was one of the men trying to get to the Apollo 1 crew. He talks about the entire event in his book Lost Moon (which was renamed Apollo 13 after the movie came out). Great read if you want to know a first hand account of the 2nd Class of Astronauts!

2. The hatch of Apollo 1 can be seen at the Smithsonian Air & Space museum in D.C.

[danschaoticmind]

I've seen the hatch. Gave me the willies every time I saw it too..

[PRR5406]

Where did you see the hatch? Apollo 1's hatch is in storage, not for public viewing.

[NinjaMooshie]

ahh this is how it was done what a waste of lives.....and the families left behind....

[kurrentessa]

The apollo 1 service module capsule is in the NASA rocket graveyard . You can visit it . Its confirmed that the capsule is some what haunted . The reports are mild flashes , screams , a voice saying fire ! , and multiple knocks and bangs coming from the capsule . Does anyone know where the rocket graveyard is ?

[deftdrummer]

So you have somehow uncovered these "facts," spewed them as truth on youtube, yet you don't even know where the craft is located? Jesus

[kurrentessa]

Nasa reaserch center langley , virginia .

[danschaoticmind]

I think he said the rocket graveyard. Which is known at the Rocket and missile decommissioning and long term storage facility in New Mexico.

[PRR5406]

The booster was later used on an unmanned test.

[borishnikov]

c'est la vie

[blowtorchacurlyfry1]

that music is horrible, it sounds like a bad horror film, how disrespectful.

[FagFagBinks]

that's because that's how those special reports were done back then you MORON. That was 1967 not 2009.

[blowtorchacurlyfry1]

i never said that wasn't how it was done I can HEAR IT RIGHT THERE. It still sounds awful and disrespectful. Is your objective to get on the internet and bitch at random people you don't know? get a life.

[herringfly]

The point the fag is making is that you have to listen to and watch media in the context of its era. It wouldn't have been perceived as disrespectful by anyone at the time. It was used to convey the tragedy of the event.

[Nightsurf59]

even worse I think...it sounds like Dragnet.......

[geforce5700fx]

waste of lifes =(

[Davidbennett5]

sad... rip apollo 1 crew

[etbella3]

@Davidbennett5 This happened the same year that the movie Doctor Dolittle was released with the song Talk to the Animals. Maybe the animal-abusing NASA jerks should talk to the animals and be a little nicer to the extraterrestrials who are already here. Those Roswell corpses and caged ETs at Area 51 are a lot smarter than the NASA idiots -- and they have been telling the United States government with every NASA disaster that this is Animal Planet. I know cos 2010 was the year they made contact.

[datzfast]

@etbella3 you are about as crazy as they come. can you hold a job with that disability?

[etbella3]

@datzfast Obviously, you have never watched the movie Roswell, in which the people who were there in 1947 spoke openly about the messages sent by mental telepathy from the Roswell et's. Secretary of Defense James Forrestal said that the Roswell extraterrestrial he visited at Area 51 "told" him that reinforcements were on their way. Forrestal died in a mysterious fall shortly after he began recording the messages he was receiving from the Roswell et's. Read Jesse Marcel's book The Roswell Legacy.

[datzfast]

@etbella3 hense the term lunatics

[etbella3]

@datzfast The ignorant masses also called Galileo, Copernicus, Isaac Newton and Christopher Columbus "crazy". Columbus was considered crazy for believing the world was round, not flat. Paul McCartney has a youtube site telling humans to "Go Vegan to Save the World". John Lennon's son Julian Lennon made a remarkable movie called "Whaledreamers" which says the world will end if whale-killing does not stop. If I am "crazy", I am in lots of good company.

[datzfast]

@abella 3 you did not answer can you hold a job

[titanic1234561]

@Davidbennett5 i mint be realted to gus grissom so thanks

[skyprop]

@Davidbennett5 Nice