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'Apollo 1' director surprised by details of ill-fated mission in new documentary
The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad.
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The Apollo Missions
Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee had been ... On January 27, 1967, during a practice launch countdown, a flash fire erupted inside the sealed cockpit. Within seconds the men were ...
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‘Apollo 1’ film ‘a great tribute’ to astronauts who paved way to NASA’s future successes, says Rusty Schweickart
Apollo 9 astronaut and longtime Sonoma resident Rusty Schweickart spoke to a sold-out crowd after the Sonoma International Film Festival’s screening of the new documentary, “Apollo 1” on Saturday, ...
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NASA's Day of Remembrance: Three tragedies that shook the space program
Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee sit ... the charred interior of the Apollo I command module after the flash fire that killed the astronauts. All three men were killed on Jan. 27 ...
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Space Tragedies
in a capsule that never left the ground - Veteran spaceman Gus Grissom, space walker Ed White, and rookie Roger Chaffee. A flash fire in the Apollo capsule, combined with an escape patch that ...