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Remembering the crew of Apollo 1 - EndtheMadnessNow - 01-27-2023 Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was intended to be the first crewed mission of the Apollo program, the American 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. NY Times, Jan 28, 1967: (Top) Hours before tragedy, Apollo crew walks to spacecraft, Cape Kennedy, today 1967: (Bottom) Apollo 1 crew was privately skeptical of the safety of the spacecraft's design and made fun of their skepticism by "praying" in this uncirculated photo, intended to be a joke but now ghastly in light of the tragedy that unfolded. NASA photograph of Apollo spacecraft after tragedy of tonight 1967: Patch for planned Apollo 1 mission: Apollo 1 astronauts Roger Chaffee and Ed White, rehearsing in June 1966 for splashdown: Horrifying to see in retrospect, Chrysler quality and safety poster featuring Apollo 1 crew: Note handed to LBJ at White House: LBJ's condolence letter to Roger Chaffee's parents: Remember Apollo 1's Grissom, White, Chaffee, who perished today in 1967: CBS special report announces death of Apollo astronauts in fire, tonight 1967: NASA DAY OF REMEMBRANCE