Apollo 1 fire kills three astronauts at Launch Complex 34

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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.

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Report of Apollo 204 Review Board to the Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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