Apollo 1 (AS-204)

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1. Story
2. The intended first crewed Apollo flight, never flown. On 27 January 1967, during a 'plugs-out' launch rehearsal on Launch Complex 34 at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, a fire broke out inside the command module and killed Virgil 'Gus' Grissom, Edward White II and Roger Chaffee. The Apollo 204 Review Board could not identify a single ignition source but faulted a cabin pressurised with pure oxygen above ambient pressure, extensive flammable material, vulnerable wiring and plumbing, and an inward-opening hatch that could not be released quickly. The command module was extensively redesigned — a unified quick-release hatch, non-flammable materials, protected wiring — and the mission was named Apollo 1 at the widows' request.
3. Knowledge
4. Apollo 1 (AS-204)
5. Connections
6. Apollo Program
7. Apollo 1 fire kills three astronauts at Launch Complex 34
8. Apollo 204 Review Board reports
9. Evidence
10. 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.