On this date: Apollo 1 tragedy claims the lives of crew
On this date in 1967, a flash fire onboard the Apollo 1 capsule during a test procedure claimed the lives of three astronauts ...
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3 astronauts die in Apollo capsule
(Gus) Grissom, 40, and Edward H ... Eisele and Walter Cunningham were the backup team for Apollo 1 and presumably will move into the void left by Grissom, White and Chaffee.