deaduncledave: 52 years ago today Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee died in a cabin fire in Apollo 1. The crew wasn't fitted for a launch that day, it was strictly on-pad testing, and so was designated AS-204. It was reclassified as "Manned Mission 1" in remembrance of the crew.

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 18:56:10 +0000

52 years ago today Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee died in a cabin fire in Apollo 1.

The crew wasn't fitted for a launch that day, it was strictly on-pad testing, and so was designated AS-204. It was reclassified as "Manned Mission 1" in remembrance of the crew.