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English: Portrait of the Apollo 1 prime crew for first Apollo space flight. From left to right are: Edward H. White II, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee. Their assignment to this crew was announced on March 21, 1965.

On January 27, 1967 at 6:31 p.m. EST during a routine simulated launch test onboard the Apollo Saturn I rocket, an electrical short circuit inside the Apollo Command Module ignited the pure oxygen environment and within a matter of seconds all three Apollo 1 crewmembers perished.

Image number: S66-30236

Date: March 31, 1966
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