Apollo 1 fire kills three astronauts at Launch Complex 34

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1. Story
2. During a plugs-out launch rehearsal on Launch Complex 34 at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, fire broke out in the pure-oxygen command module cabin. Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee died within seconds; the inward-opening hatch could not be released in time.
3. Knowledge
4. Apollo Program
5. Apollo 1 (AS-204)
6. Apollo 1 fire kills three astronauts at Launch Complex 34
7. Connections
8. Apollo 1 (AS-204)
9. Apollo Program
10. Apollo Program
11. Apollo 1 fire kills three astronauts at Launch Complex 34
12. Apollo 204 Review Board reports
13. Apollo 1 (AS-204)
14. Apollo 17
15. Tranquility Base (Apollo 11 landing site)
16. Kennedy commits the United States to a crewed lunar landing
17. Apollo 1 fire kills three astronauts at Launch Complex 34
18. Eugene Cernan becomes the last person to stand on the Moon
19. Evidence
20. Establishes the circumstances of the 27 January 1967 fire at Launch Complex 34, the deaths of Grissom, White and Chaffee, and the board's findings on the pure-oxygen cabin, flammable materials, wiring deficiencies and hatch design.