On January 27, 1967, three Apollo astronauts were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Space History Archives👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/ez1ouH The Apollo 1 fire was the first major deadly disaster in the history of the U.S. space program. Apollo 1 was supposed to be the first flight that NASA would conduct to prepare for a crewed landing on the moon. Less than a month before their planned launch date, a fire erupted inside the apollo command module w

70K views · 1.8K reactions | Universal Newsreel report on the death of Apollo astronauts in a capsule training exercise on January 27th, 1967. Fire engulfed the sealed capsule taking the lives of Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee. Ed Herlihy narrates. | Space.com | Facebook