GordonD Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 On this day in 1967 the Apollo 1 crew were lost in a fire aboard the spacecraft during a countdown rehearsal. RIP Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 A very sad day. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Bengalensis said: A very sad day. RIP Only the beginning... Tomorrow is the Challenger anniversary, and Saturday is Columbia. Strange how the three darkest days in NASA's history fall within one calendar week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamS Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I can still remember the photo of the burnt out capsule on the front page of the Daily Mirror. Horrifying. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 You can see from this unofficial photograph that they were not confident in the Apollo Command Module at all - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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