Apollo 40th Anniversary - Apollo 1

Apollo-Saturn-204 or Apollo 1 was scheduled to be the first manned mission of the Apollo manned lunar landing program, with a target launch date of February 21, 1967.

A cabin fire during a launch pad test on January 27 at Launch Pad 34 at Cape Canaveral killed all three Astronauts Inside their spacecraft.

The mission name Apollo 1, chosen by the crew, was officially retired by NASA in commemoration of them on April 24, 1967.

In Memory,
Virgil "Gus" Ivan Grissom, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
Edward Higgins White, II, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
Roger Bruce Chaffee, Lieutenant Commander, USN

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[cubanangel1985]

Gone, but not forgotten...

[raperitoenamorado1]

God bless all them 3 heroes that died for space exploration!